Addiction and reward-related genes show altered expression in the postpartum nucleus accumbens

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Changjiu ^a   Eisinger, Brian Earl ^a   Driessen, Terri M ^a   Gammie, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Bonding; Enrichment; Genes; Maternal; Nucleus accumbens; Reward

Indexed keywords

DRONABINOL; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; KETAMINE; NICOTINE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NR1D1; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR NUR77; PER2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB;

ADCY1 GENE; ADRA2A GENE; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARC GENE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOINFORMATICS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARTPT GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREB1 GENE; CRY1 GENE; DEPRESSION; DRD1A GENE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FABP7 GENE; FEMALE; FOSB GENE; GABRB3 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DAMAGE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GRIA1 GENE; GRM3 GENE; HOMER2 GENE; HTR1A GENE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NPY1R GENE; NR1D1 GENE; NTRK2 GENE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PDYN GENE; PENK GENE; PER1 GENE; PER2 GENE; PUERPERIUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REWARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RNA PROCESSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 84908672783     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00388     Document Type: Article

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