ArticleNeuroscience2020
Bidirectional Control of Alcohol-drinking Behaviors Through Locus Coeruleus Optoactivation.
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- Procedural separation of appetitive and consummatory behaviors in operant ethanol self-administration: A review and open-source analytical framework.Alcohol, clinical & experimental research · 2026Review
- Alpha-2 Adrenergic Agonists Reduce Heavy Alcohol Drinking and Improve Cognitive Performance in Mice.eNeuro · 2026Article
- Alcohol Withdrawal Alters the Inhibitory Landscape of the Prelimbic Cortex in an Interneuron- and Sex-specific Manner.Addiction neuroscience · 2025Article
- Neuropeptides as transmitters and regulators of the locus coeruleus noradrenergic system.Pharmacological reviews · 2025Review
- Early signs of neuron autonomous and non-autonomous hyperexcitability in locus coeruleus noradrenergic neurons of a mouse model of tauopathy and Alzheimer's disease.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Noradrenergic Mechanisms and Circuitry of Hyperkatifeia in Alcohol Use Disorder.Biological psychiatry · 2025Review
- Evaluating the impact of concurrent sucrose availability on operant ethanol self-administration in male and female Long Evans rats.Addiction neuroscience · 2025Article
- Aging disrupts locus coeruleus-driven norepinephrine transmission in the prefrontal cortex: Implications for cognitive and motor decline.Aging cell · 2025Article
- Chronic ethanol alters adrenergic receptor gene expression and produces cognitive deficits in male mice.Neurobiology of stress · 2023Article
- The maladaptive alcohol self-administration task: An adapted novel model of alcohol seeking with negative consequences.Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior · 2023Article
- Brainstem noradrenergic neurons: Identifying a hub at the intersection of cognition, motility, and skeletal muscle regulation.Acta physiologica (Oxford, England) · 2022Review
- Regulation of cocaine seeking behavior by locus coeruleus noradrenergic activity in the ventral tegmental area is time- and contingency-dependent.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
- Activation of locus coeruleus to rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg) noradrenergic pathway blunts binge-like ethanol drinking and induces aversive responses in mice.Neuropharmacology · 2021Article
- Stress Alters the Effect of Alcohol on Catecholamine Dynamics in the Basolateral Amygdala.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Article
- Linking Ethanol-Addictive Behaviors With Brain Catecholamines: Release Pattern Matters.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2021Review
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Abstract
The relationship between stress and alcohol-drinking behaviors has been intensively explored; however, neuronal substrates and neurotransmitter dynamics responsible for a causal link between these conditions are still unclear. Here, we optogenetically manipulated locus coeruleus (LC) norepinephrine (NE) activity by applying distinct stimulation protocols in order to explore how phasic and tonic NE release dynamics control alcohol-drinking behaviors. Our results clearly demonstrate contrasting behavioral consequences of LC-NE circuitry activation during low and high frequency stimulation. Specifically, applying tonic stimulation during a standard operant drinking session resulted in increased intake, while phasic stimulation decreased this measure. Furthermore, stimulation during extinction probe trials, when the lever press response was not reinforced, did not significantly alter alcohol-seeking behavior if a tonic pattern was applied. However, phasic stimulation substantially suppressed the number of lever presses, indicating decreased alcohol seeking under the same experimental condition. Given the well-established correlative link between stress and increased alcohol consumption, here we provide the first evidence that tonic LC-NE activity plays a causal role in stress-associated increases in drinking.
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