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Chronic self-administration of alcohol results in elevated ΔFosB: comparison of hybrid mice with distinct drinking patterns.
BMC neuroscience - 29 Oct 2012
Ozburn Angela R, Mayfield R D, Ponomarev Igor, Jones Theresa A, Blednov Yuri A, Harris R A
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BACKGROUND: The inability to reduce or regulate alcohol intake is a hallmark symptom for alcohol use disorders. Research on novel behavioral and genetic models of experience-induced changes in drinking will further our knowledge on alcohol use disorders. Distinct alcohol self-administration behaviors were previously observed when comparing two F1 hybrid strains of mice: C57BL/6J x NZB/B1NJ (BxN) show reduced...
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