Neuronal mechanisms mediating pathological reward-related behaviors: A focus on silent synapses in the nucleus accumbens

Pharmacological Research : the Official Journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society
Dillon S McDevitt, Nicholas M Graziane

Abstract

The compulsive drive to seek drugs despite negative consequences relies heavily on drug-induced alterations that occur within the reward neurocircuit. These alterations include changes in neuromodulator and neurotransmitter systems that ultimately lock behaviors into an inflexible and permanent state. To provide clinicians with improved treatment options, researchers are trying to identify, as potential targets of therapeutic intervention, the neural mechanisms mediating an "addictive-like state". Here, we discuss how drug-induced generation of silent synapses in the nucleus accumbens may be a potential therapeutic target capable of reversing drug-related behaviors.

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Jun 9, 2020·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·Greer McKendrickNicholas M Graziane
Dec 8, 2020·Pharmacological Research : the Official Journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society·Martina Di BartolomeoVincenzo Micale
Nov 3, 2020·Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience·Greer McKendrick, Nicholas M Graziane

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