Defining the Circuits of Ethanol Response

描述（由申请人提供）： 虽然人们普遍认为没有啮齿动物模型接近 临床上观察到不受控制的乙醇消耗，至少一个近交系 小鼠品系（C57BL/6J [B6]）显示出高偏好和相对高的 与大多数标准近交系相比，每日乙醇消耗量（12 - 20 g/kg） 小鼠品系（例如DBA/2J [D2]）。作为理解 与过度饮酒相关的机制，许多研究 一直致力于了解B6和D2菌株之间的差异 以及源自这些菌株的杂交和重组近交（例如， 菲利普斯等人，1994年）。此应用程序基于并扩展了这一系列 research.我们建议验证中央延伸杏仁核 调节乙醇偏好和消费;进一步提出， 延伸的杏仁核的多巴胺能神经支配是这一点的核心 调节作用我们的具体目标如下：1）在B6和D2中 应变决定了CeA中双侧电解损伤的影响， BSTL对乙醇的偏好和消费。2)在B6和D2中确定 在CeA和BSTL中双侧6-OH DA损伤对 乙醇的偏好和消费。3)为了确认 在B6和D2之间，CeA和BST的DA能神经支配模式 菌株4)为了表征多巴胺受体的分布和密度 在B6和D2菌株的延伸杏仁核内。5)确认在 动物选择性饲养的高和低乙醇消费，推定的 DA表型（目标2 - 4）和乙醇反应之间的关系。6)到 描述杏仁核和相关DA的作用 研究人员开发的不受控制的乙醇消耗新模型中的表型 INIA财团。与这些目标相关的实验应 提供有关乙醇相关回路的重要新信息 响应，并将有助于INIA财团的总体目标， 即了解过量和不受控制的乙醇的神经生物学 消费

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): While there is general agreement that no rodent model approximates the uncontrolled consumption of ethanol observed clinically, at least one inbred strain of mice (the C57BL/6J [B6]) shows a high preference and relatively high daily consumption of ethanol (12-20g/kg) compared to most standard inbred mouse strains (e.g. the DBA/2J [D2]). As a first step to understanding the mechanisms associated with excessive alcohol consumption, numerous studies have focused on understanding the differences between the B6 and D2 strains and intercrosses and recombinant inbreds derived from these strains (e.g. Phillips et al. 1994). This application builds from and expands this line of research. We propose to test the hypothesis that the central extended amygdala modulates ethanol preference and consumption; it is further proposed that the dopaminergic innervation to the extended amygdala is central to this modulatory role. Our specific aims areas follows: 1) To in the B6 and D2 strains determine the effects of bilateral electrolytic lesions in the CeA and BSTL on ethanol preference and consumption. 2) To determine in the B6 and D2 strains the effects of Bilateral 6-OH DA lesions in the CeA and BSTL on ethanol preference and consumption. 3) To confirm the marked differences in the pattern of DA innervation in the CeA and BST between the B6 and D2 strains. 4) To characterize the distribution and density of dopamine receptors within the extended amygdala in the B6 and D2 strains. 5) To confirm in animals selectively bred for high and low ethanol consumption, the putative relationships between DA phenotypes (aims 2-4) and ethanol response. 6) To characterize the role of the extended amygdala and the associated DA phenotypes in new models of uncontrolled ethanol consumption developed by the INIA consortium. The experiments associated with each of these aims should provide important new information about the circuits associated with ethanol response and will contribute to the overall goal of the INIA consortium, namely to understand the neurobiology of excessive and uncontrolled ethanol consumption.