Involvement of TLR4 in the long-term epigenetic changes, rewarding and anxiety effects induced by intermittent ethanol treatment in adolescence

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 159-171

  Montesinos, Jorge ^a   Pascual, María ^a   Rodríguez Arias, Marta ^b   Miñarro, Jose ^b   Guerri, Consuelo ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anxiety like behavior; Binge ethanol treatment; Epigenetic changes; Ethanol preference; Prelimbic medial prefrontal cortex; Rewarding effects; TLR4

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOSB; MYELIN PROTEIN; TLR4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BINGE DRINKING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYELIN PROTEINS; REWARD; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 84959353398     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.12.006     Document Type: Article

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