GDNF is a novel ethanol-responsive gene in the VTA: Implications for the development and persistence of excessive drinking

Addiction Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 623-633

  Ahmadiantehrani, Somayeh ^a,b   Barak, Segev ^a,d   Ron, Dorit ^a,b,c  

^a Gallo Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Addiction; ethanol; GDNF; growth factor; VTA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; GDNF PROTEIN, RAT;

ADENOVIRUS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROCEDURES; REWARD;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84904246386     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12028     Document Type: Article

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