Mice expressing a “hyper-sensitive” form of the CB1 cannabinoid receptor (CB1) show modestly enhanced alcohol preference and consumption

David J. Marcus; Angela N. Henderson-Redmond; Maciej Gonek; Michael L. Zee; Jill C. Farnsworth; Randa A. Amin; Mary-Jeanette Andrews; Brian J. Davis; Ken Mackie; Daniel J. Morgan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174826

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Mice expressing a “hyper-sensitive” form of the CB₁ cannabinoid receptor (CB₁) show modestly enhanced alcohol preference and consumption

David J. Marcus ,

Contributed equally to this work with: David J. Marcus, Angela N. Henderson-Redmond

Affiliations Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
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Angela N. Henderson-Redmond ,

Contributed equally to this work with: David J. Marcus, Angela N. Henderson-Redmond

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
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Maciej Gonek,

Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America
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Michael L. Zee,

Affiliations Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
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Jill C. Farnsworth,

Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America
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Randa A. Amin,

Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America
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Mary-Jeanette Andrews,

Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America
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Brian J. Davis,

Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America
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Ken Mackie,

Affiliation Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America
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Daniel J. Morgan

* E-mail: djm68@psu.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and The Linda and Jack Gill Center for Biomolecular Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States of America
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Mice expressing a “hyper-sensitive” form of the CB₁ cannabinoid receptor (CB₁) show modestly enhanced alcohol preference and consumption

David J. Marcus,
Angela N. Henderson-Redmond,
Maciej Gonek,
Michael L. Zee,
Jill C. Farnsworth,
Randa A. Amin,
Mary-Jeanette Andrews,
Brian J. Davis,
Ken Mackie,
Daniel J. Morgan

Published: April 20, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0174826

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