Synaptic plasticity and addiction: Learning mechanisms gone awry

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1052-1059

  Mameli, Manuel ^a   Lüscher, Christian ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Addiction; Addictive drugs; AMPA; Dopamine; NMDA; Synpatic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; MORPHINE; NICOTINE;

ADDICTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRIA TERMINALIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 80052970670     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.01.036     Document Type: Review

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