Relaxin-3 receptor (Rxfp3) gene deletion reduces operant sucrose- but not alcohol-responding in mice

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 625-634

  Walker, A W ^a,b   Smith, C M ^a,b   Gundlach, A L ^a,b   Lawrence, A J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cue induced reinstatement; Operant; Progressive ratio; Relaxin 3 RXFP3; Sucrose seeking

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR; RELAXIN 3; RELAXIN 3 RECEPTOR; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; RELAXIN; RELAXIN-3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; GENE DELETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTIVATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RELAXIN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUCROSE;

EID: 84951104240     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12239     Document Type: Article

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