Effects of voluntary alcohol drinking on corticotropin-releasing factor and preprodynorphin mRNA levels in the central amygdala of Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 554, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-114

  Zhou, Yan ^a   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^b   Kreek, Mary Jeanne ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Central amygdala; Corticotropin releasing factor; Gene expression; Preprodynorphin; Sardinian alcohol preferring (sP) and nonpreferring (sNP) rats

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DYNORPHIN; MESSENGER RNA; PREPRODYNORPHIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTAMEN; RAT; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; CENTRAL AMYGDALA; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; PREPRODYNORPHIN; SARDINIAN ALCOHOL-PREFERRING (SP) AND -NONPREFERRING (SNP) RATS;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DYNORPHINS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PUTAMEN; RATS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, KAPPA; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84884720672     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.08.071     Document Type: Article

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