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Binge drinking upregulates accumbens mGluR5-Homer2-PI3K signaling: functional implications for alcoholism.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 8 Jul 2009
Cozzoli Debra K, Goulding Scott P, Zhang Ping Wu, Xiao Bo, Hu Jia-Hua, Ary Alexis W, Obara Ilona, Rahn Alison, Abou-Ziab Hoda, Tyrrel Burgundy, Marini Christina, Yoneyama Naomi, Metten Pamela, Snelling Christopher, Dehoff Marlin H, Crabbe John C, Finn Deborah A, Klugmann Matthias, Worley Paul F, Szumlinski Karen K
Abstract excerpt
The glutamate receptor-associated protein Homer2 regulates alcohol-induced neuroplasticity within the nucleus accumbens (NAC), but the precise intracellular signaling cascades involved are not known. This study examined the role for NAC metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR)-Homer2-phosphatidyli...
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