期刊
NEUROPEPTIDES
卷 46, 期 6, 页码 253-259出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.npep.2012.08.001
关键词
Amygdala; BNST; NPY; Stress; Anxiety; Alcohol withdrawal; Alcohol dependence; Alcohol self-administration
资金
- National Institute of Alcoholism [AA018400]
Neuropeptide Y (NPY) is abundant in the extended amygdala, a conceptual macrostructure in the basal forebrain important for regulation of negative affective states. NPY has been attributed a central role in anxiety-like behavior, fear, nociception, and reward in rodents. Deletion of the NPY gene in mice produces a high-anxiety high-alcohol-drinking phenotype. NPY infused into the brains of rats selectively bred to consume high quantities of alcohol suppresses alcohol drinking by those animals, an effect that is mediated by central amygdala (CeA). Likewise, alcohol-preferring rats exhibit basal NPY deficits in CeA. NPY infused into the brains of alcohol-dependent rats blocks excessive alcohol drinking by those animals, an effect that also has been localized to the CeA. NPY in CeA may rescue dependence-induced increases in anxiety and alcohol drinking via inhibition of downstream effector regions that receive GABAergic inputs from CeA. It is hypothesized here that NPY modulates anxiety-like behavior via Y2R regulation of NPY release, whereas NPY modulation of alcohol-drinking behavior in alcohol-dependent animals occurs via Y2R regulation of GABA release. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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