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| Title |
Drug-evoked plasticity: do addictive drugs reopen a critical period of postnatal synaptic development?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnmol.2012.00075 |
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| Authors |
Bellone, Camilla, Luscher, Christian |
| Abstract |
As in other parts of the central nervous system (CNS) of the mouse, glutamatergic synapses onto dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) mature postnatally. At birth many AMPA receptors (AMPARs) lack GluA2R subunit and most NMDARs contain the GluN2B subunit. Within 2 weeks these receptors are replaced with GluA2- and GluN2A- containing AMPARs and NMDARs, respectively. Recent data suggest that a single injection of cocaine (or another drug of addiction) triggers glutamate receptor redistribution with the reappearance of the subunits typically present in immature synapses, as if addictive drugs reopen the developmental critical period. Here we review the experimental evidence for this hypothesis and discuss the implications for circuit function. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 76 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Belgium | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 67 | 88% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 22% |
| Researcher | 14 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 10 | 13% |
| Professor | 9 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 13 | 17% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 25 | 33% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 29% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 7% |
| Psychology | 5 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 8% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
Attention Score in Context
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