A critical review of front‐loading: A maladaptive drinking pattern driven by alcohol's rewarding effects

CE Ardinger, CC Lapish… - Alcoholism: Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Front‐loading is a drinking pattern in which alcohol intake is skewed toward the onset of
reward access. This phenomenon has been reported across several different alcohol self …

A new set of BXD recombinant inbred lines from advanced intercross populations in mice

JL Peirce, L Lu, J Gu, LM Silver, RW Williams - BMC genetics, 2004 - Springer
Background Recombinant inbred (RI) strains are an important resource for mapping
complex traits in many species. While large RI panels are available for Arabidopsis, maize …

An analysis of the genetics of alcohol intoxication in inbred mice

JC Crabbe, P Metten, AJ Cameron… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2005 - Elsevier
We compared the behaviors of eight inbred mouse strains across 18 variables, using 11
behavioral assays, and gave ethanol (EtOH) as an intoxicant. Genetic influences on …

Hyperpolarization-Activated Cation Current (Ih) Is an Ethanol Target in Midbrain Dopamine Neurons of Mice

T Okamoto, MT Harnett… - Journal of …, 2006 - journals.physiology.org
Ethanol stimulates the firing activity of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons, leading to
enhanced dopaminergic transmission in the mesolimbic system. This effect is thought to …

Genetic dissection of acute ethanol responsive gene networks in prefrontal cortex: functional and mechanistic implications

AR Wolen, CA Phillips, MA Langston, AH Putman… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background Individual differences in initial sensitivity to ethanol are strongly related to the
heritable risk of alcoholism in humans. To elucidate key molecular networks that modulate …

Derivation and characterization of replicate high-and low-alcohol preferring lines of mice and a high-drinking crossed HAP line

B Oberlin, C Best, L Matson, A Henderson… - Behavior genetics, 2011 - Springer
Selectively breeding lines of mice and rats to differ in alcohol intake has proven useful for
defining which traits correlate with high alcohol drinking behavior, as well as for creating …

High alcohol/sucrose consumption during dark circadian phase in C57BL/6J mice: involvement of hippocampus, lateral septum and urocortin-positive cells of the …

AE Ryabinin, A Galvan-Rosas, RK Bachtell… - …, 2003 - Springer
Rationale. Identification of the neuroanatomical substrates regulating alcohol consumption
is important for the understanding of alcoholism. Previous studies mapping changes in brain …

Prairie voles as a novel model of socially facilitated excessive drinking

AMJ Anacker, JM Loftis, S Kaur… - Addiction biology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Social relationships strongly affect alcohol drinking in humans. Traditional laboratory
rodents do not exhibit social affiliations with specific peers, and cannot adequately model …

Strain differences in three measures of ethanol intoxication in mice: the screen, dowel and grip strength tests

JC Crabbe, CJ Cotnam, AJ Cameron… - Genes, Brain and …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Mice from 8 to 21 inbred strains were tested for sensitivity to ethanol intoxication using a
range of doses and three different measures: the screen test, the dowel test and a test of grip …

Attentional performance of C57BL/6 and DBA/2 mice in the 5-choice serial reaction time task

S Patel, IP Stolerman, P Asherson, F Sluyter - Behavioural brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
C57BL/6 and DBA/2 were compared in the 5-choice serial reaction time task for differences
in performance related to attention and impulsivity. The goal was to examine behavioural …