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Effects of melanocortin receptor activation and blockade on ethanol intake: a possible role for the melanocortin-4 receptor.

Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research - 1 Jun 2005

Navarro Montserrat, Cubero Inmaculada, Chen Airu S, Chen Howard Y, Knapp Darin J, Breese George R, Marsh Donald J, Thiele Todd E

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BACKGROUND: The melanocortin (MC) system is composed of peptides that are cleaved from the polypeptide precursor pro-opiomelanocortin. A growing body of literature suggests that the MC system modulates neurobiological responses to drugs of abuse. Because ethanol has direct effects on central pro-opiomelanocortin activity, it is possible that MC neuropeptides participate in the control of voluntary ethanol...

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PMID: 15976520
DOI: 10.1097/01.alc.0000167740.19702.8c
PMCID: PMC1360238

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