NMDA receptor modulators in the treatment of drug addiction

Pharmaceuticals

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 251-268

  Tomek, Seven E ^a   LaCrosse, Amber L ^a   Nemirovsky, Natali E ^a   Foster Olive, M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Glutamate; Glycine binding site; N methyl D aspartate receptor; Partial agonist

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; AMFEBUTAMONE; CYCLOSERINE; DIAZEPAM; DISULFIRAM; ETHIONAMIDE; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; PLACEBO; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BINDING SITE; BLURRED VISION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONVULSION; CUE EXPOSURE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PSYCHOSIS; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREMOR; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84873650190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14248247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ph6020251     Document Type: Review

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