Opposing mechanisms mediate morphine- and cocaine-induced generation of silent synapses

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 915-925

  Graziane, Nicholas M ^a   Sun, Shichao ^a   Wright, William J ^a   Jang, Daniel ^a   Liu, Zheng ^a   Huang, Yanhua H ^a   Nestler, Eric J ^b   Wang, Yu Tian ^c   Schlüter, Oliver M ^a   Dong, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COCAINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; MORPHINE SULFATE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; INTERNALIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEDIUM SPINY NEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS SHELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MORPHINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84976602347     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4313     Document Type: Article

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