Reduced ethanol consumption and preference in cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript (CART) knockout mice

Addiction Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-184

  Salinas, Armando G ^a   Nguyen, Chinh T Q ^a   Ahmadi Tehrani, Dara ^a   Morrisett, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; alcoholism; CART; ethanol; knockout; mouse

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANALGESIC AGENT; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DRINKING WATER; NERVE PROTEIN; QUININE; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENT;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RIGHTING REFLEX; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRINKING WATER; ETHANOL; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; QUININE; REFLEX, RIGHTING; SACCHARIN; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84894475885     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2012.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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