Cellular basis of memory for addiction

Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 431-443

  Nestler, Eric J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CREB, FosB; Dendritic spines; Epigenetics; Gene transcription; Nucleus accumbens; Synaptic plasticity; Ventral tegmental area; Whole cell plasticity

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DELTA FOSB;

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG REEXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; MEMORY; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WHOLE CELL;

CREB; DENDRITIC SPINES; EPIGENETICS; GENE TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; WHOLE CELL PLASTICITY; ΔFOSB;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84893403293     PISSN: 12948322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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