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  • Papaleo, F., Ghozland, S., Ingallinesi, M., Roberts, A. J., Koob, G. F., Contarino, A. Disruption of the CRF(2) receptor pathway decreases the somatic expression of opiate withdrawal Neuropsychopharmacology  2008 33:2878-2887  DOI:10.1038/npp.2008.8  PMID:18288089  PMCID:PMC2760329
  • Tabarin, A., Diz-Chaves, Y., Consoli, D., Monsaingeon, M., Bale, T. L., Culler, M. D., Datta, R., Drago, F., Vale, W. W., Koob, G. F., Zorrilla, E. P., Contarino, A. Role of the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor type 2 in the control of food intake in mice: A meal pattern analysis European Journal of Neuroscience  2007 26:2303-2314  DOI:10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05856.x  PMID:17953621  PMCID:PMC2741498
  • Contarino, A., Picetti, R., Matthes, H. W., Koob, G. F., Kieffer, B. L., Gold, L. H. Lack of reward and locomotor stimulation induced by heroin in mu-opioid receptor-deficient mice European Journal of Pharmacology  2002 446:103-109  DOI:10.1016/s0014-2999(02)01812-5  PMID:12098591
  • Bale, T. L., Picetti, R., Contarino, A., Koob, G. F., Vale, W. W., Lee, K. F. Mice deficient for both corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 (crfr1) and crfr2 have an impaired stress response and display sexually dichotomous anxiety-like behavior Journal of Neuroscience  2002 22:193-199  PMID:11756502
  • Vetter, D. E., Li, C. E., Zhao, L. Y., Contarino, A., Liberman, M. C., Smith, G. W., Marchuk, Y., Koob, G. F., Heinemann, S. F., Vale, W., Lee, K. F. Urocortin-deficient mice show hearing impairment and increased anxiety-like behavior Nature Genetics  2002 31:363-369  DOI:10.1038/ng914  PMID:12091910
  • Contarino, A., Dellu, F., Koob, G. F., Smith, G. W., Lee, K. F., Vale, W. W., Gold, L. H. Dissociation of locomotor activation and suppression of food intake induced by crf in crfr1-deficient mice Endocrinology  2000 141:2698-2702  DOI:10.1210/en.141.7.2698  PMID:10875276
  • Dellu, F., Contarino, A., Simon, H., Koob, G. F., Gold, L. H. Genetic differences in response to novelty and spatial memory using a two-trial recognition task in mice Neurobiology of Learning and Memory  2000 73:31-48  DOI:10.1006/nlme.1999.3919  PMID:10686122
  • Contarino, A., Dellu, F., Koob, G. F., Smith, G. W., Lee, K. F., Vale, W., Gold, L. H. Reduced anxiety-like and cognitive performance in mice lacking the corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 Brain Research  1999 835:1-9  DOI:10.1016/s0006-8993(98)01158-5  PMID:10448190
  • Smith, G. W., Aubry, J. M., Dellu, F., Contarino, A., Bilezikjian, L. M., Gold, L. H., Chen, R. P., Marchuk, Y., Hauser, C., Bentley, C. A., Sawchenko, P. E., Koob, G. F., et al. Corticotropin releasing factor receptor 1-deficient mice display decreased anxiety, impaired stress response, and aberrant neuroendocrine development Neuron  1998 20:1093-1102  DOI:10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80491-2  PMID:9655498