Cocaine withdrawal reduces group I mGluR-mediated long-term potentiation via decreased GABAergic transmission in the amygdala

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-189

  Schmidt, Kady ^a   Krishnan, Balaji ^a   Xia, Yan ^b   Sun, Anyang ^b   Orozco Cabal, Luis ^a   Pollandt, Sebastian ^a   Centeno, Marjorie ^a   Genzer, Kathy ^a   Gallagher, Joel P ^a   Shinnick Gallagher, Patricia ^a   Liu, Jie ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine CPP; Endocannabinoid; GABA inhibition; MGluR1 LTP; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR AGONIST; COCAINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 1; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR AGONIST; PICROTOXIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; BRAIN LEVEL; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 79960430516     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07769.x     Document Type: Article

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