Glutamate transmission in addiction

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 56, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 169-173

  Kalivas, Peter W ^a   LaLumiere, Ryan T ^a   Knackstedt, Lori ^a   Shen, Haowei ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug seeking; Glutamate; Nucleus accumbens; Sensitization; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 58149099399     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.07.011     Document Type: Review

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