Alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone modulates ethanol self-administration in posterior ventral tegmental area through melanocortin-4 receptors

Addiction Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 302-315

  Shelkar, Gajanan P ^a   Kale, Atmaram D ^a   Singh, Uday ^b   Singru, Praful S ^b   Subhedar, Nishikant K ^c   Kokare, Dadasaheb M ^a  

^a RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

ethanol; melanocortin 4 receptors; operant chamber; reward; MSH

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA INTERMEDIN[11-22][11 (N ACETYLCYSTEINE) 14 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL) DEXTRO ALANINE] 18 CYSTEINE 22 ASPARTIC ACID AMIDE] 11,18 CYCLIC DISULFIDE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOPEPTIDE; HS014 CYCLIC PEPTIDE; MELANOCORTIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTERIOR VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STRIA TERMINALIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; REINFORCEMENT; SEPTUM NUCLEUS;

ALCOHOLISM; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ETHANOL; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCORTINS; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEPTAL NUCLEI; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84922985973     PISSN: 13556215     EISSN: 13691600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/adb.12126     Document Type: Article

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