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Shifts in the neurobiological mechanisms motivating cocaine use with the development of an addiction-like phenotype in male rats.
Psychopharmacology - 1 Mar 2021
Lynch Wendy J, Bakhti-Suroosh Anousheh, Abel Jean M, Davis Camilla
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RATIONALE: The development of addiction is accompanied by a shift in the mechanisms motivating cocaine use from nucleus accumbens (NAc) dopamine D1 receptor (D1R) signaling to glutamate AMPA-kainate receptor (AMPA-R) signaling. OBJECTIVE: Here, we determined whether similar shifts occur for NAc-D2R signaling and following systemic manipulation of D1R, D2R, and AMPA-R signaling. METHODS: Male rats were given...
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