Stereological analyses of reward system nuclei in maternally deprived/separated alcohol drinking rats

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 76, Issue , 2016, Pages 122-132

  Gondré Lewis, Marjorie C ^a   Darius, Philippe J ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Allard, Joanne S ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring rats; Amygdala; Dentate gyrus; Drug addiction; Early life stress; Excessive alcohol drinking; Maternal deprivation; Maternal separation; P rats; Stereology; VTA

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SUCROSE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA NEURON; ANHEDONIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; FORCED SWIM TEST; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMOBILITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; STEREOMETRY; SUGAR INTAKE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84960172132     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2016.02.004     Document Type: Article

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