The role of synaptic plasticity in addiction

Clinical Neuroscience Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 141-146

  Saal, Daniel ^a   Malenka, Robert C ^b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Glutamate; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Nucleus accumbens; Synapse; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 27944434624     PISSN: 15662772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnr.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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