Paraventricular thalamic nucleus: Role of orexin and opioids in ethanol intake
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus: Role of orexin and opioids in ethanol intake
批准号:
9049646
负责人:
Jessica Rose Barson
金额:
$24.9万
依托单位:
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2012
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2012-12-01 至 2018-04-30
关键词:
Advisory CommitteesAffectAgonistAlcohol consumptionAlcoholismAnimalsAnteriorAnxietyApplications GrantsAreaArousalAttentionBehaviorBehavior assessmentBehavioralBrainBrain regionCREB1 geneCell NucleusCellsChronicCollaborationsConsultDiseaseEducational workshopEmotionalEmotionsEnkephalinsEthanolEventExhibitsFacultyFundingGenetic TranscriptionGoalsGrantHeavy DrinkingHomeostasisHypothalamic structureImpairmentIn Situ HybridizationIndividualInjection of therapeutic agentInvestigationLaboratoriesLateralLearningLettersLiteratureMeasuresMediatingMentorshipMessenger RNAMethodsModelingMolecularNeurobiologyNeuronsNeuropeptidesOccupationalOpioidOutputPathway interactionsPeptidesPositioning AttributePostdoctoral FellowProcessPublicationsPublishingRattusReceptor ActivationResearchResourcesRoleScientistSignal TransductionSocietiesStructureStructure of paraventricular nucleus of thalamusTechniquesTestingThalamic structureTimeTrainingUniversitiesWorkaddictionalcohol researchalcohol use disorderalcoholism preventionanalogcareer developmentdesigndrinkingdrinking behavioremotional behaviorgraduate studenthypocretinimprovedincentive salienceinnovationknowledge basemedical schoolsmeetingsmelanin-concentrating hormonemelanin-concentrating hormone receptorneurochemistrynovelorexin 1 receptororexin Borexin B receptorpromoterreceptorresearch and developmentresearch studyskillssocial
中文摘要
点击翻译按钮获取中文摘要
英文摘要
PROJECT SUMMARY
Alcoholism, also known as alcohol use disorder, is a chronic debilitating disorder characterized by excessive
ingestion of alcohol and impairment in social and occupational functioning. While most investigations of brain
mechanisms mediating this disorder have studied the hypothalamus or mesolimbic regions, recent evidence
focuses attention on a relatively understudied area, the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus (PVT), which
provides an important relay point between the homeostasisregulating hypothalamus and emotionregulating
limbic nuclei. Utilizing the intermittent access model that leads to voluntary consumption of ethanol at
pharmacologicallyrelevant levels, I plan to test the overall hypothesis that ethanol drinking stimulates the
hypothalamic neuropeptide orexin (OX) to act in the PVT, primarily at the orexin 2 rather than orexin 1 receptor
(and rather than melaninconcentrating hormone at its receptor) and specifically in the anterior rather than posterior
subregion, and that this action, in turn, increases local levels of the opioid enkephalin (ENK) to promote further
ethanol intake. With this sequence of events possibly being critically important in promoting disordered alcohol use,
I propose, in Aim 1, to investigate the neurochemical events that occur following ethanol drinking, from OX
transcription in the hypothalamus to ENK release in the anterior PVT. In Aim 2, I will examine the behavioral results
of these neurochemical changes, testing the effects of OX and ENK injection in the PVT on ethanol drinking and
emotional behaviors and the possibility that these behaviors are naturally increased by elevated endogenous
peptide levels. In Aim 3, I will then look at molecular mechanisms of this OXtoENK connection and examine the
possibility that this is necessary for promoting ethanol drinking. Collectively, by using techniques as varied as
primary neuronal culture, in situ hybridization, and behavioral assessment tests, these studies should provide
significant new information on a relatively understudied nucleus, the PVT, and its potentially major involvement
in ethanol intake. In addition to the publications that should come out of this work, which will allow me to
integrate molecular, cellular, and behavioral findings, the funding of this grant proposal will give me the
necessary training in both research and career development to attain independence as a scientist. I will
additionally take part in advanced coursework and attend seminars and workshops at The Rockefeller
University and through the TriInstitutional Collaboration Network, while participating in national society
meetings. I will receive expert mentorship from my sponsor, Dr. Sarah Leibowitz, as well as my advisory
committee which, together with the abundant resources at The Rockefeller University, will allow me to learn
new experimental methods and gain new perspectives on my research questions. Thus, in the process of
conducting innovative new research, I will gain the skills necessary to successfully transition into a position as
an independent research scientist and to make a significant contribution to the field of alcohol research.
期刊论文(0)
专著(0)
科研奖励(0)
会议论文
Mechanisms of rostrocaudal differences in accumbal kappa opioid receptor effects on ethanol drinking
-
批准号:10210667
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$51.84万
-
财政年份:2021
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Mechanisms of rostrocaudal differences in accumbal kappa opioid receptor effects on ethanol drinking
-
批准号:10627808
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$49.4万
-
财政年份:2021
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Mechanisms of rostrocaudal differences in accumbal kappa opioid receptor effects on ethanol drinking
-
批准号:10425399
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$50.06万
-
财政年份:2021
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide 27 in the paraventricular thalamus and its projections: Role in ethanol drinking
-
批准号:10380126
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$33.88万
-
财政年份:2020
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide 27 in the paraventricular thalamus and its projections: Role in ethanol drinking
-
批准号:10597976
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$33.88万
-
财政年份:2020
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus: Role of orexin and opioids in ethanol intake
-
批准号:8585016
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$13.06万
-
财政年份:2012
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus: Role of orexin and opioids in ethanol intake
-
批准号:8424767
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$13.47万
-
财政年份:2012
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
Paraventricular thalamic nucleus: Role of orexin and opioids in ethanol intake
-
批准号:9259889
-
项目类别:
-
资助金额:$24.9万
-
财政年份:2012
-
负责人:Jessica Rose Barson
-
依托单位:
海外基金