Decreased Beta2*‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability after chronic ethanol exposure in nonhuman primates
Cosgrove KP, Kloczynski T, Bois F, Pittman B, Tamagnan G, Seibyl JP, Krystal JH, Staley JK. Decreased Beta2*‐nicotinic acetylcholine receptor availability after chronic ethanol exposure in nonhuman primates. Synapse 2010, 64: 729-732. PMID: 20340174, PMCID: PMC2904861, DOI: 10.1002/syn.20795.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic ethanol consumptionEthanol consumptionAlcohol consumptionNicotinic acetylcholine receptor availabilityAverage daily ethanol consumptionChronic ethanol exposureDaily ethanol consumptionEthanol-induced changesNicotinic acetylcholine receptorsSelf-administer ethanolIA-85380H withdrawalEthanol exposureReceptor availabilityAcetylcholine receptorsParietal cortexMale animalsTotal gramsBaselinePercent decreasePersistent changesWithdrawalMidbrainCortexAnimals