Oxytocin blocks enhanced motivation for alcohol in alcohol dependence and blocks alcohol effects on GABAergic transmission in the central amygdala

• Brendan J. Tunstall ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan J. Tunstall, Dean Kirson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: brendan.tunstall@nih.gov

  Affiliation Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9430-9612

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• Dean Kirson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Brendan J. Tunstall, Dean Kirson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Alcohol Research Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Lia J. Zallar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research and National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Sam A. McConnell,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Janaina C. M. Vendruscolo,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Chelsea P. Ho,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Christopher S. Oleata,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Alcohol Research Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Sophia Khom,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Alcohol Research Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Maurice Manning,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cancer Biology, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

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• Mary R. Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research and National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

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• Lorenzo Leggio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Section on Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Division of Intramural Clinical and Biological Research and National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Medication Development Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• George F. Koob,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Marisa Roberto ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are last authors and contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Alcohol Research Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Leandro F. Vendruscolo

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are last authors and contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Neurobiology of Addiction Section, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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