Role of Feeding-Related Pathways in Alcohol Dependence: A Focus on Sweet Preference, NPY, and Ghrelin

Sweet preferences and analgesia during childhood: effects of family history of alcoholism and depression

(2010) Julie A. Mennella et al.   ADDICTION

Role of the ghrelin system in alcoholism: Acting on the growth hormone secretagogue receptor to treat alcohol-related diseases

(2010) L. Leggio   DRUG NEWS & PERSPECTIVES

Understanding and Treating Alcohol Craving and Dependence: Recent Pharmacological and Neuroendocrinological Findings

(2009) L. Leggio   ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM

Sweet Liking Phenotype, Alcohol Craving and Response to Naltrexone Treatment in Alcohol Dependence

(2009) J. C. Garbutt et al.   ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM

Blood Glucose Level, Alcohol Heavy Drinking, and Alcohol Craving During Treatment for Alcohol Dependence: Results From the Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence (COMBINE) Study

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Neuropeptide Y Signaling in the Central Nucleus of Amygdala Regulates Alcohol-Drinking and Anxiety-Like Behaviors of Alcohol-Preferring Rats

(2009) Huaibo Zhang et al.   ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Requirement of central ghrelin signaling for alcohol reward

(2009) E. Jerlhag et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) suppresses yohimbine-induced reinstatement of alcohol seeking

(2009) Andrea Cippitelli et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Systemic administration of ghrelin induces conditioned place preference and stimulates accumbal dopamine

(2008) Elisabet Jerlhag   ADDICTION BIOLOGY

Relationship Between the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis and Alcohol Craving in Alcohol-Dependent Patients: A Longitudinal Study

(2008) Lorenzo Leggio et al.   ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Association of Pro-Ghrelin and GHS-R1A Gene Polymorphisms and Haplotypes With Heavy Alcohol Use and Body Mass

(2008) Sara Landgren et al.   ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Insulin But Not Insulin Growth Factor-1 Correlates With Craving in Currently Drinking Alcohol-Dependent Patients

(2008) Lorenzo Leggio et al.   ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Alcohol dependence is associated with reduced plasma and fundic ghrelin levels

(2008) A. Badaoui et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Alpha-conotoxin MII-sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are involved in mediating the ghrelin-induced locomotor stimulation and dopamine overflow in nucleus accumbens

(2008) Elisabet Jerlhag et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Systemic administration of ghrelin increases extracellular dopamine in the shell but not the core subdivision of the nucleus accumbens

(2008) Davide Quarta et al.   NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL

Neuropeptide Y in the central nucleus of the amygdala suppresses dependence-induced increases in alcohol drinking

(2008) Nicholas W. Gilpin et al.   PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR