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Altered amygdalar CRF release and increased anxiety-like behavior in Sardinian alcohol-preferring rats: a microdialysis and behavioral study.
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Dec 2000
Richter R M, Zorrilla E P, Basso A M, Koob G F, Weiss F
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Dysregulation of the stress-regulatory corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) system in the central nucleus of the amygdala (CeA) may be a factor in genetically determined alcohol preference. METHODS: To test this hypothesis, basal and restraint stress-induced CRF efflux in the CeA was determined by microdialysis in Sardinian alcohol-preferring (sP) and nonpreferring (sNP) rats. In addition, differences...
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