The corticotropin-releasing factor/urocortin system and alcohol.
This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the RSA meeting in Montreal, Canada. The organizer was Andrey E. Ryabinin, and the chair was George F. Koob. The presentations were (1) Introduction, by Stephen C. Heinrichs; (2) Role of CRF and its receptors in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to alcohol, by Soon Lee and Catherine Rivier; (3) A role for CRF in the allostasis of alcohol dependence, by George F. Koob and Amanda J. Roberts; (4) CRF and alcohol: Lessons from knockouts, microinjections, and microdialysis, by M. Foster Olive, Kristin K. Mehmert, R. Camarini, Joseph A. Kim, Heather N. Koenig, Michelle A. Nannini, and Clyde W. Hodge; and (5) Selective sensitivity of urocortin-containing neurons to alcohol self-administration, by Andrey E. Ryabinin and Ryan K. Bachtell.
Ryabinin
Andrey E
AE
Department of Behavioral Neuroscience, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098, USA. ryabinin@ohsu.edu
Bachtell
Ryan K
RK
Heinrichs
Stephen C
SC
Lee
Soon
S
Rivier
Catherine
C
Olive
M Foster
MF
Mehmert
Kristin K
KK
Camarini
Rosana
R
Kim
Joseph A
JA
Koenig
Heather N
HN
Nannini
Michelle A
MA
Hodge
Clyde W
CW
Roberts
Amanda J
AJ
Koob
George F
GF
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D054832:Urocortins
D054832:Urocortins; D000431:Ethanol; D003346:Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone