Dopamine receptor hetero-oligomerization: A hypothesis for behavioral sensitization to psychostimulants

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 18-20

  Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b   Hong, Chen Jee ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR AGONIST; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0038678010     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(03)00051-3     Document Type: Review

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