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Microarray data from striatum and prefrontal cortex of ethanol light drinkers and ethanol inflexible drinkers

ABSTRACT: Transcriptional study to investigate differences in prefrontal cortex and striatum of mice that consumed ethanol despite negative consequences, which resembles the compulsive aspect of alcohol addiction. The transcriptional analysis performed in the striatum and prefrontal cortex revealed genes and biological pathways differentially regulated specifically in animals of the group Inflexible Drinkers that could be involved with the loss of control over voluntary ethanol consumption (da Silva E Silva et al., 2016; de Paiva Lima et al., 2017).

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE123114 | GEO | 2018/11/30

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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