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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2015 Nov 18;233(4):681–690. doi: 10.1007/s00213-015-4144-2

Table 1. EtOH Intake (g/kg) affected by CRF-R1 and CRF-R2 antagonists.

Ethanol consumption (g/kg) over time after intra-VTA microinjection of CRF-R1 antagonist CP376395 or CRF-R2 antagonist Astressin2B after 4 weeks of continuous EtOH, intermittent EtOH, or intermittent EtOH and social defeat stress.

Group Drug Dose 2 hr 4 hr 24 hr

Continuous EtOH CP376395 ACSF 2.90 ± 0.39 5.60 ± 0.50 16.47 ± 1.22
0.3 µg 2.75 ± 0.57 5.32 ± 0.61 17.67 ± 1.46
0.6 µg 2.46 ± 0.48 4.53 ± 0.55 15.41 ± 1.20

Astressin2B ACSF 3.38 ± 0.39 5.86 ± 0.35 16.04 ± 1.38
0.5 µg 2.60 ± 0.59 5.53 ± 0.96 15.53 ± 1.70

Intermittent EtOH CP376395 ACSF 3.73 ± 0.44 6.36 ± 0.42 22.28 ± 2.16
0.3 µg 2.85 ± 0.55* 5.52 ± 0.64 20.34 ± 2.59
0.6 µg 2.19 ± 0.48** 4.80 ± 0.55* 18.89 ± 1.72*

Astressin2B ACSF 2.69 ± 0.40 5.60 ± 0.38 22.10 ± 1.29
0.25 µg 2.36 ± 0.19 5.33 ± 0.38 19.01 ± 1.42
0.5 µg 2.19 ± 0.25 4.51 ± 0.41 19.72 ± 2.14

Stress + Intermittent EtOH CP376395 ACSF 4.42 ± 0.29 7.35 ± 0.35 26.54 ± 1.48
0.3 µg 3.13 ± 0.22* 6.30 ± 0.32* 25.28 ± 1.61
0.6 µg 2.41 ± 0.34** 5.33 ± 0.33** 20.58 ± 1.40*

Astressin2B ACSF 3.92 ± 0.38 6.80 ± 0.52 29.11 ± 2.20
0.25 µg 3.05 ± 0.41 5.43 ± 0.71 26.79 ± 1.18
0.5 µg 2.27 ± 0.35* 6.24 ± 0.49 26.15 ± 2.57

*

p<0.05 vs. ACSF,

**

p<0.001 vs. ACSF.