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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The mechanisms underlying predisposition to alcohol abuse and alcoholism are poorly understood. In this study, we evaluated the role of cannabinoid (CB1) receptors in (i) voluntary alcohol consumption, and (ii) acute alcohol-induced dopamine (DA) release in the nucleus accumbens, using mice that lack the CB1 receptor gene (CB1-/-). CB1-/- mice exhibited dramatically reduced voluntary alcohol consumption, and completely lacked alcohol-induced DA release in the nucleus accumbens, as compared to wild-type mice. The gender difference, with female mice consuming significantly more alcohol than wild-type male mice, was observed in wild-type mice, whereas this gender difference was nonexistent in CB1 mutant male and female mice. There was also a significant gender difference, with the wild-type, heterozygous, and mutant females consuming significantly more liquid and food than wild-type, heterozygous and mutant males. However, the total volume of fluid consumption and food intake did not differ between wild-type, heterozygous, and mutant mice. These results strongly suggest that the CB1 receptor system plays an important role in regulating the positive reinforcing properties of alcohol.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
698-704
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Alcohol Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Behavior, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Choice Behavior, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Dopamine, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Homozygote, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Microdialysis, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Nucleus Accumbens, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Receptors, Cannabinoid, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Receptors, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Self Administration, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Sex Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12562514-Synaptic Transmission
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Cannabinoid CB1 receptor knockout mice exhibit markedly reduced voluntary alcohol consumption and lack alcohol-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Analytical Psychopharmacology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA. Hungund@nki.rfmh.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.