Cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript peptides play a role in drug abuse and are potential therapeutic targets

AAPS Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Kuhar, Michael J ^a   Jaworski, Jason N ^a   Hubert, George W ^a   Philpot, Kelly B ^a   Dominguez, Geraldina ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; Cocaine; CREB; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TARGETING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINES; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LINE; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVERDOSE; PAIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 27644508253     PISSN: 15221059     EISSN: 15221059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/aapsj070125     Document Type: Article

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