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MPEP Lowers Binge Drinking in Male and Female C57BL/6 Mice: Relationship with mGlu5/Homer2/Erk2 Signaling
Huang G, Thompson SL, Taylor JR. MPEP Lowers Binge Drinking in Male and Female C57BL/6 Mice: Relationship with mGlu5/Homer2/Erk2 Signaling. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2021, 45: 732-742. PMID: 33587295, PMCID: PMC8076072, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14576.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBinge DrinkingDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleHomer Scaffolding ProteinsMaleMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMice, Inbred C57BLMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1Nucleus AccumbensPyridinesReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Septal NucleiSex CharacteristicsConceptsEffects of MPEPFemale C57BL/6 miceAlcohol intakeAlcohol consumptionNegative allosteric modulatorsLocomotor activityC57BL/6 miceFemale miceMale miceHomer2 expressionBinge drinkingMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5MGlu5 negative allosteric modulatorsSex differencesBinge alcohol consumptionGlutamate receptor 5Dose-response effectExcessive alcohol useERK2 expressionDose-response relationshipPotential sex differencesERK2 signalingBed nucleusNucleus accumbensStria terminalis
1986
6-Hydroxydopamine lesions of the nucleus accumbens, but not of the caudate nucleus, attenuate enhanced responding with reward-related stimuli produced by intra-accumbens d-amphetamine
Taylor J, Robbins T. 6-Hydroxydopamine lesions of the nucleus accumbens, but not of the caudate nucleus, attenuate enhanced responding with reward-related stimuli produced by intra-accumbens d-amphetamine. Psychopharmacology 1986, 90: 390-397. PMID: 3097729, DOI: 10.1007/bf00179197.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1984
Enhanced behavioural control by conditioned reinforcers following microinjections of d-amphetamine into the nucleus accumbens
Taylor J, Robbins T. Enhanced behavioural control by conditioned reinforcers following microinjections of d-amphetamine into the nucleus accumbens. Psychopharmacology 1984, 84: 405-412. PMID: 6440188, DOI: 10.1007/bf00555222.Peer-Reviewed Original Research