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Oxytocin blocks enhanced motivation for alcohol in alcohol dependence and blocks alcohol effects on GABAergic transmission in the central amygdala

Oxytocin administration has been reported to decrease consumption, withdrawal, and drug-seeking associated with several drugs of abuse and thus represents a promising pharmacological approach to treat drug addiction. We used an established rat model of alcohol dependence to investigate oxytocin’s ef...

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Autores principales: Tunstall, Brendan J., Kirson, Dean, Zallar, Lia J., McConnell, Sam A., Vendruscolo, Janaina C. M., Ho, Chelsea P., Oleata, Christopher S., Khom, Sophia, Manning, Maurice, Lee, Mary R., Leggio, Lorenzo, Koob, George F., Roberto, Marisa, Vendruscolo, Leandro F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6467366/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30990816
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006421