Nicotine consumption is regulated by a human polymorphism in dopamine neurons

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 930-936

  Morel, C ^a   Fattore, L ^b   Pons, S ^c   Hay, Y A ^d   Marti, F ^a   Lambolez, B ^d   De Biasi, M ^e   Lathrop, M ^f,g   Fratta, W ^h   Maskos, U ^c   Faure, P ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Groupe Enzymologie Moléculaire et Fonctionnelle   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

dopamine system; human polymorphisms; in vivo electrophysiology; lentiviral vectors; mouse models; nicotine self administration; nicotinic receptor; smoking

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; CHRNA5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EX VIVO STUDY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REINFORCEMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NICOTINE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84904989473     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2013.158     Document Type: Article

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