Modest long-term ethanol consumption affects expression of neurotransmitter receptor genes in the rat nucleus accumbens

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 722-729

  Jonsson, Susanne ^a   Ericson, Mia ^a   Söderpalm, Bo ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethanol consumption; Gene expression; Nucleus accumbens; Polymerase chain reaction; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR 2; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; SOMATOSTATIN RECEPTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHRNA5 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRD2 GENE; DRD3 GENE; FLUID INTAKE; GABRA1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GRM5 GENE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NMDAR2A GENE; NMDAR2B GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPRM GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REWARD; SSTR4 GENE; TACR3 GENE; WELLBEING;

ETHANOL CONSUMPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER;

EID: 84896318394     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12307     Document Type: Article

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