Cocaine-evoked synaptic plasticity:: a key to addiction?

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作者
Luescher, Christian [1 ,2 ]
Bellone, Camilla [1 ]
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[1] Univ Geneva, Fac Med, Dept Basic Neurosci, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
[2] Geneva Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Neurosci, Neurol Clin, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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10.1038/nn0708-737
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Q189 [神经科学];
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071006 ;
摘要
Drugs of abuse are known to induce changes in synaptic strength in the reward neurons of the brain. Two recent studies shed some light on how drug-induced plasticity might mediate addictive behavior long after drug use.
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