Relaxin-3 receptor (RXFP3) signalling mediates stress-related alcohol preference in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Walker, Andrew W ^a,b   Smith, Craig M ^a,b   Chua, Berenice E ^a   Krstew, Elena V ^a   Zhang, Cary ^a,b   Gundlach, Andrew L ^a,b,c   Lawrence, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; SACCHARIN; SALPR PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; FORCED SWIM TEST; GENE; GENE DELETION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RXFP3 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TWO BOTTLE CHOICE EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENZYMOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

MUS; RATTUS;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; ETHANOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SACCHARIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930008512     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122504     Document Type: Article

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