VTA CRF neurons mediate the aversive effects of nicotine withdrawal and promote intake escalation

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1751-1758

  Grieder, Taryn E ^a   Herman, Melissa A ^b   Contet, Candice ^b   Tan, Laura A ^c   Vargas Perez, Hector ^a   Cohen, Ami ^b   Chwalek, Michal ^a   Maal Bared, Geith ^a   Freiling, John ^b   Schlosburg, Joel E ^b   Clarke, Laura ^a   Crawford, Elena ^b   Koebel, Pascale ^d   Repunte Canonigo, Vez ^b   Sanna, Pietro P ^b   Tapper, Andrew R ^e   Roberto, Marisa ^b   Kieffer, Brigitte L ^d,f   Sawchenko, Paul E ^c   Koob, George F ^g   Van Der Kooy, Derek ^a   George, Olivier ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOWN REGULATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SMOKING CESSATION; SYNAPSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONS; NICOTINE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84926203391     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3872     Document Type: Article

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