Aggression and increased glutamate in the mPFC during withdrawal from intermittent alcohol in outbred mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 232, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 2889-2902

  Hwa, Lara S ^a   Nathanson, Anna J ^a   Shimamoto, Akiko ^a   Tayeh, Jillian K ^a   Wilens, Allison R ^a   Holly, Elizabeth N ^a   Newman, Emily L ^a   Debold, Joseph F ^a   Miczek, Klaus A ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol withdrawal; Glutamate; Intermittent access; Ketamine; Memantine; Microdialysis; mPFC

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; KETAMINE; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GROOMING; KINDLING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTBRED MOUSE STRAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REARING; RESIDENT-INTRUDER TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING; WITHDRAWAL SEIZURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ETHANOL; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GLUTAMIC ACID; KETAMINE; MALE; MEMANTINE; MICE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 84937974423     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3925-y     Document Type: Article

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