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Different requirements for cAMP response element binding protein in positive and negative reinforcing properties of drugs of abuse.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 1 Dec 2001
Walters C L, Blendy J A
Abstract excerpt
Addiction is a complex process that relies on the ability of an organism to integrate positive and negative properties of drugs of abuse. Therefore, studying the reinforcing as well as aversive components of drugs of abuse in a single model system will enable us to understand the role of final common mediators, such as cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), in the addiction process. To this end, we...
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