Extrasynaptic GABAA receptors in the nucleus accumbens are necessary for alcohol drinking

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 22;108(12):4699-700. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1102818108. Epub 2011 Mar 9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adenoviridae / genetics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Alcohol Drinking / metabolism*
  • Animals
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Male
  • Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus / metabolism*
  • Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus / pathology
  • Nucleus Accumbens / metabolism*
  • Nucleus Accumbens / pathology
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Messenger / metabolism
  • RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Long-Evans
  • Receptors, GABA-A / genetics
  • Receptors, GABA-A / metabolism*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sucrose / metabolism
  • Synapses / metabolism*

Substances

  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Receptors, GABA-A
  • Sucrose