It’s MORe exciting than mu: crosstalk between mu opioid receptors and glutamatergic transmission in the mesolimbic dopamine system

Cellular distribution of AMPA receptor subunits and mGlu5 following acute and repeated administration of morphine or methamphetamine

(2013) Amy A. Herrold et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Long-Term Antagonism of   Opioid Receptors Prevents Escalation of and Increased Motivation for Heroin Intake

(2013) J. E. Schlosburg et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

New Insights into the Specificity and Plasticity of Reward and Aversion Encoding in the Mesolimbic System

(2013) S. F. Volman et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Reduction in Cerebral Perfusion after Heroin Administration: A Resting State Arterial Spin Labeling Study

(2013) Niklaus Denier et al.   PLoS One

Psychostimulant-Induced Neuroadaptations in Nucleus Accumbens AMPA Receptor Transmission

(2013) R. C. Pierce et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Cocaine-Evoked Synaptic Plasticity of Excitatory Transmission in the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2013) C. Luscher   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

A Randomized, Double-blind Evaluation of Buprenorphine Taper Duration in Primary Prescription Opioid Abusers

(2013) Stacey C. Sigmon et al.   JAMA Psychiatry

Effects of the anticonvulsant lacosamide compared to valproate and lamotrigine on cocaine-enhanced reward in rats

(2012) Cécile Béguin et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Regulation of AMPA receptor trafficking and synaptic plasticity

(2012) Victor Anggono et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Reduced LTP and LTD in prefrontal cortex synapses in the nucleus accumbens after heroin self-administration

(2012) Haowei Shen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Role of Projections from Ventral Medial Prefrontal Cortex to Nucleus Accumbens Shell in Context-Induced Reinstatement of Heroin Seeking

(2012) J. M. Bossert et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Mysterious Motivational Functions of Mesolimbic Dopamine

(2012) John D. Salamone et al.   NEURON

Preclinical Pharmacology and Opioid Combinations

(2012) Gavril W. Pasternak   PAIN MEDICINE

A new control center for dopaminergic systems: pulling the VTA by the tail

(2012) Romain Bourdy et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Adjunctive Counseling During Brief and Extended Buprenorphine-Naloxone Treatment for Prescription Opioid Dependence

(2011) Roger D. Weiss   ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

The regulation of glutamate receptor trafficking and function by TARPs and other transmembrane auxiliary subunits

(2011) Christoph Straub et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Ventral medial prefrontal cortex neuronal ensembles mediate context-induced relapse to heroin

(2011) Jennifer M Bossert et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Opiate versus psychostimulant addiction: the differences do matter

(2011) Aldo Badiani et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Role for mTOR Signaling and Neuronal Activity in Morphine-Induced Adaptations in Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons

(2011) Michelle S. Mazei-Robison et al.   NEURON

The Mu-Opioid Receptor and the NMDA Receptor Associate in PAG Neurons: Implications in Pain Control

(2011) María Rodríguez-Muñoz et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Dorsal as well as ventral striatal lesions affect levels of intravenous cocaine and morphine self-administration in rats

(2011) Nobuyoshi Suto et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Drug-Driven AMPA Receptor Redistribution Mimicked by Selective Dopamine Neuron Stimulation

(2011) Matthew T. C. Brown et al.   PLoS One

Heroin relapse requires long-term potentiation-like plasticity mediated by NMDA2b-containing receptors

(2011) H. Shen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuronal circuits underlying acute morphine action on dopamine neurons

(2011) M. Jalabert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protracted manifestations of acute dependence after a single morphine exposure

(2011) Patrick E. Rothwell et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Quantitative analysis of AMPA receptor subunit composition in addiction-related brain regions

(2010) Jeremy M. Reimers et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Repeated exposure to morphine alters surface expression of AMPA receptors in the rat medial prefrontal cortex

(2010) Amanda L. Mickiewicz et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Drugs of abuse and stress impair LTP at inhibitory synapses in the ventral tegmental area

(2010) Jason L. Niehaus et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

'Silent' priming of translation-dependent LTP by  -adrenergic receptors involves phosphorylation and recruitment of AMPA receptors

(2010) G. Tenorio et al.   LEARNING & MEMORY

Extinction of drug- and withdrawal-paired cues in animal models: Relevance to the treatment of addiction

(2010) Karyn M. Myers et al.   NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS

Regulation of AMPA Receptor Trafficking in the Nucleus Accumbens by Dopamine and Cocaine

(2010) Marina E. Wolf   NEUROTOXICITY RESEARCH

Circadian Alteration in Neurobiology During 30 Days of Abstinence in Heroin Users

(2009) Su-xia Li et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

D-Cycloserine Facilitates Extinction of Naloxone-Induced Conditioned Place Aversion in Morphine-Dependent Rats

(2009) Karyn M. Myers et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

The mesopontine rostromedial tegmental nucleus: A structure targeted by the lateral habenula that projects to the ventral tegmental area of Tsai and substantia nigra compacta

(2009) Thomas C. Jhou et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY

The glutamate homeostasis hypothesis of addiction

(2009) Peter W. Kalivas   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Synaptic AMPA Receptor Plasticity and Behavior

(2009) Helmut W. Kessels et al.   NEURON

The Reward Circuit: Linking Primate Anatomy and Human Imaging

(2009) Suzanne N Haber et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Cortico-Basal Ganglia Reward Network: Microcircuitry

(2009) Susan R Sesack et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Ultrastructural relationship between N-methyl-d-aspartate-NR1 receptor subunit and mu-opioid receptor in the mouse central nucleus of the amygdala

(2009) M.J. Glass et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Reward Processing by the Opioid System in the Brain

(2009) Julie Le Merrer et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Anatomically dissociable effects of dopamine D1 receptor agonists on reward and relief of withdrawal in morphine-dependent rats

(2009) Elena H. Chartoff et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Time-Dependent Neuroendocrine Alterations and Drug Craving during the First Month of Abstinence in Heroin Addicts

(2009) Jie Shi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE

The Self-Tuning Neuron: Synaptic Scaling of Excitatory Synapses

(2008) Gina G. Turrigiano   CELL

Cerebral blood flow effects of acute intravenous heroin administration

(2008) Markus Kosel et al.   EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Chronic administration of morphine is associated with a decrease in surface AMPA GluR1 receptor subunit in dopamine D1 receptor expressing neurons in the shell and non-D1 receptor expressing neurons in the core of the rat nucleus accumbens

(2008) Michael J. Glass et al.   EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Extended vs Short-term Buprenorphine-Naloxone for Treatment of Opioid-Addicted Youth

(2008) George E. Woody et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Glutamate Release in the Nucleus Accumbens Core Is Necessary for Heroin Seeking

(2008) R. T. LaLumiere et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Dissociation between Rewarding and Psychomotor Effects of Opiates: Differential Roles for Glutamate Receptors within Anterior and Posterior Portions of the Ventral Tegmental Area

(2008) M. Shabat-Simon et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Region-Specific Changes in the Subcellular Distribution of AMPA Receptor GluR1 Subunit in the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area after Acute or Chronic Morphine Administration

(2008) D. A. Lane et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Silent synapses and the emergence of a postsynaptic mechanism for LTP

(2008) Geoffrey A. Kerchner et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Neurobiological substrates for the dark side of compulsivity in addiction

(2008) George F. Koob   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Dissecting motivational circuitry to understand substance abuse

(2008) Robert A. Wheeler et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Biological substrates of reward and aversion: A nucleus accumbens activity hypothesis

(2008) William A. Carlezon et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Glutamate transmission in addiction

(2008) Peter W. Kalivas et al.   NEUROPHARMACOLOGY

Stereological estimates of dopaminergic, GABAergic and glutamatergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area, substantia nigra and retrorubral field in the rat

(2008) R.G. Nair-Roberts et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

The facilitative effects of d-cycloserine on extinction of a cocaine-induced conditioned place preference can be long lasting and resistant to reinstatement

(2008) G. Paolone et al.   PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Surface Mobility of Postsynaptic AMPARs Tunes Synaptic Transmission

(2008) M. Heine et al.   SCIENCE