• Please log in or register to access this feature.

Original Research

You have free access to this content

Voluntary Alcohol Drinking Enhances Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression in Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Hypothalamus of Sardinian Alcohol-Preferring Rats

  1. Yan Zhou1,*,
  2. Giancarlo Colombo2,
  3. Keiichi Niikura1,
  4. Mauro A. M. Carai2,
  5. Teresa Femenía3,
  6. Maria S. García-Gutiérrez3,
  7. Jorge Manzanares3,
  8. Ann Ho1,
  9. Gian Luigi Gessa2,
  10. Mary Jeanne Kreek1

Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01867.x

Issue

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volume 37, Issue Supplement s1, pages E131–E140, January 2013

Additional Information

How to Cite

Zhou, Y., Colombo, G., Niikura, K., Carai, M. A. M., Femenía, T., García-Gutiérrez, M. S., Manzanares, J., Ho, A., Gessa, G. L. and Kreek, M. J. (2013), Voluntary Alcohol Drinking Enhances Proopiomelanocortin Gene Expression in Nucleus Accumbens Shell and Hypothalamus of Sardinian Alcohol-Preferring Rats. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 37: E131–E140. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01867.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases , The Rockefeller University, New York, New York

  2. 2

    Neuroscience Institute , Section of Cagliari, National Research Council of Italy, Monserrato, Italy

  3. 3

    Instituto de Neurociencias , Universidad Miguel Hernández-CSIC, San Juan de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

*Reprint requests: Yan Zhou, PhD, Laboratory of the Biology of Addictive Diseases, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065; Tel.: 212-327-8248; Fax: 212-327-8574; E-mail: yan.zhou@rockefeller.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 15 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 22 JUN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 9 APR 2012
  4. Manuscript Received: 23 DEC 2011

Funded by

  • NIDA Center. Grant Number: DA-P60-05130
  • CNR

SEARCH

SEARCH BY CITATION

ARTICLE TOOLS

View Full Article with Supporting Information (HTML) Get PDF (525K)

Cited in:

CrossRef

This article has been cited by:

  1. 1
    Richard L. Bell, Helen J.K. Sable, Giancarlo Colombo, Petri Hyytia, Zachary A. Rodd, Lawrence Lumeng, Animal models for medications development targeting alcohol abuse using selectively bred rat lines: Neurobiological and pharmacological validity, Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2012, 103, 1, 119

    CrossRef

  2. 2
    Tamara J Phillips, Noah R Gubner, Addiction and Genes: Animal Models, eLS,
    Direct Link:
View Full Article with Supporting Information (HTML) Get PDF (525K)