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Progress in Using Mouse Inbred Strains, Consomics, and Mutants to Identify Genes Related to Stress, Anxiety, and Alcohol Phenotypes
Author(s) -
Goldowitz Daniel,
Matthews Douglas B.,
Hamre Kristin M.,
Mittleman Guy,
Chesler Elissa J.,
Becker Howard C.,
Lopez Marcelo F.,
Jones Sara R.,
Mathews Tiffany A.,
Miles Michael F.,
Kerns Robnet,
Grant Kathleen A.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
alcoholism: clinical and experimental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 153
eISSN - 1530-0277
pISSN - 0145-6008
DOI - 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00125.x
Subject(s) - phenotype , mutant , anxiety , ethanol , gene , alcohol dependence , psychology , genetics , psychoanalysis , alcohol , psychiatry , biology , biochemistry
This article summarizes the proceedings of a symposium that took place at the 2005 meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism. The organizers/chairs were Daniel Goldowitz and Katheen A. Grant. The presentations were as follows: (1) High‐Throughput Screening for Ethanol Phenotypes, by Douglas B. Matthews and Kristin M. Hamre; (2) Genetic Basis of Schedule‐Induced Polydipsia in Mice, by Guy Mittleman and Elissa J. Chesler; (3) Effects of Stress and Ethanol Dependence on Ethanol Self‐administration in Inbred and Mutant Mice, by Howard C. Becker and Marcelo F. Lopez; (4) Changes in Dopaminergic Mechanisms Associated With Ethanol Dependence, by Sara R. Jones and Tiffany A. Mathews; and (5) Defining Brain Region–Specific Gene Networks Relevant to Ethanol Behaviors, by Michael F. Miles and Robnet Kerns.