The good and bad news about glutamate in drug addiction

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1095-1098

  Spencer, Sade ^a   Scofield, Michael ^a   Kalivas, Peter W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; astroglia; extracellular matrix; glutamate; nucleus accumbens; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; DOPAMINE;

ADAPTATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SEEKING BEHAVIOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLIA; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84994882456     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881116655248     Document Type: Review

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