CaMKII activity in the ventral tegmental area gates cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 989-999

  Liu, Xiaojie ^a,b   Liu, Yong ^a   Zhong, Peng ^a   Wilkinson, Brianna ^a   Qi, Jinshun ^b   Olsen, Christopher M ^a   Bayer, K Ulrich ^c   Liu, Qing Song ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca 2+ calmodulin dependent protein kinase II; cocaine; conditioned place preference; electrophysiology; nucleus accumbens; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; MALE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84894088141     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.299     Document Type: Article

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