Circadian clock genes: Effects on dopamine, reward and addiction

Alcohol

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 341-349

  Parekh, Puja K ^a   Ozburn, Angela R ^a,b,c   McClung, Colleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Circadian; Dopamine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DOPAMINE; GONADOTROPIN; PER1 PROTEIN; PER2 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ARNTL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN CLOCK GENE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; REWARD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; REWARD; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84930042522     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.09.034     Document Type: Review

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