Stress-induced sensitization to cocaine: Actin cytoskeleton remodeling within mesocorticolimbic nuclei

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3103-3117

  Esparza, Maria A ^a   Bollati, Flavia ^a   Garcia Keller, Constanza ^a   Virgolini, Miriam B ^a   Lopez, Lidia M ^b   Brusco, Alicia ^b   Shen, Hao Wei ^c   Kalivas, Peter W ^c   Cancela, Liliana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin binding proteins; AMPA receptors; Dendritic spines; F actin; Latrunculin A

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; COCAINE; COFILIN; CORTACTIN; F ACTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; LATRUNCULIN A;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STRESS;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; COCAINE; CORTACTIN; DENDRITIC SPINES; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERIZATION; POST-SYNAPTIC DENSITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 84867555380     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08239.x     Document Type: Article

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