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Enhanced and delayed stress-induced alcohol drinking in mice lacking functional CRH1 receptors.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 3 May 2002
Sillaber Inge, Rammes Gerhard, Zimmermann Stephan, Mahal Beatrice, Zieglgänsberger Walter, Wurst Wolfgang, Holsboer Florian, Spanagel Rainer
Abstract excerpt
There is a relation between stress and alcohol drinking. We show that the corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) system that mediates endocrine and behavioral responses to stress plays a role in the control of long-term alcohol drinking. In mice lacking a functional CRH1 receptor, stress leads to enhanced and progressively increasing alcohol intake. The effect of repeated stress on alcohol drinking behavior...
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