Cocaine-induced adaptations in metabotropic inhibitory signaling in the mesocorticolimbic system

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 325-351

  Hearing, Matthew C ^a   Zink, Anastasia N ^a   Wickman, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dopamine; G proteincoupled receptor; GABA; Girk

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG ABUSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DRUG EFFECT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84868665243     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2012-0045     Document Type: Review

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