Binge Drinking Decreases Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-Binding Protein Expression in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of Mice

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1641-1650

  Ketchesin, Kyle D ^a,b   Stinnett, Gwen S ^b   Seasholtz, Audrey F ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Binge Drinking; Corticotropin Releasing Factor; CRF Binding Protein; Drinking in the Dark; Ethanol

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL; CARRIER PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR-BINDING PROTEIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRIA TERMINALIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BINGE DRINKING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 84979306785     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.13119     Document Type: Article

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