Genetic Deficiency in Neprilysin or Its Pharmacological Inhibition Initiate Excessive Stress-Induced Alcohol Consumption in Mice

• Björn Maul ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Björn Maul, Matthias Becker

  Affiliation Department for Biochemical Neurobiology, Leibnizinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany

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• Matthias Becker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Björn Maul, Matthias Becker

  Affiliation Department for Biochemical Neurobiology, Leibnizinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany

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• Florian Gembardt,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiac Pathobiology, Excellence Cluster Cardio-Pulmonary System, Giessen, Germany, Department for Nephrology – MK3, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany

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• Axel Becker,

  Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Otto-von-Guericke-University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany

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• Heinz-Peter Schultheiss,

  Affiliation Department Cardiology, Charité – Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany

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• Wolf-Eberhard Siems,

  Affiliation Department for Biochemical Neurobiology, Leibnizinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, Berlin, Germany

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• Thomas Walther

  * E-mail: thomas.walther2011@gmail.com

  Affiliations Institute for Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Mannheim – University Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, Centre for Fetal Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery & Department of Obstetrics, Division of Women and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

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