Corticotropin Releasing Factor Binding Protein and CRF2 Receptors in the Ventral Tegmental Area: Modulation of Ethanol Binge Drinking in C57BL/6J Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1609-1618

  Albrechet Souza, Lucas ^a   Hwa, Lara S ^a   Han, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Eric Y ^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

Alcohol; Corticotropin Releasing Factor Binding Protein; CRF2 Receptor; Drinking in the Dark; Ventral Tegmental Area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ASTRESSIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR-BINDING PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DEHYDRATION; FLUID INTAKE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TONIC SEIZURE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BINGE DRINKING; CARRIER PROTEINS; ETHANOL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84941185189     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12825     Document Type: Article

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