Ethanol and corticotropin releasing factor receptor modulation of central amygdala neurocircuitry: An update and future directions

Alcohol

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 179-184

  Silberman, Yuval ^a   Winder, Danny G ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central amygdala; Corticotropin releasing factor; Synaptic transmission; Transgenic mouse lines

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE C GAMMA; SOMATOSTATIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONNECTOME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84929290391     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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