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Differences in ethanol ingestion between cholecystokinin-A receptor deficient and -B receptor deficient mice.
Alcohol and alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire) - 1 Jan 2000
Miyasaka Kyoko, Hosoya Hiroko, Takano Saeko, Ohta Minoru, Sekime Ayako, Kanai Setsuko, Matsui Toshimitsu, Funakoshi Akihiro
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AIMS: Cholecystokinin (CCK) modulates dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens through the CCK-A receptor (CCK-AR). The dopaminergic neurotransmission between the ventral tegmental area and the limbic forebrain is a critical neurobiological component of alcohol and drug self-administration. Based on the evidence of interaction between CCK and dopamine, we had found previously that the CCK-AR gene -81A/G...
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