Group I metabotropic glutamate receptor‐mediated activation of PKC gamma in the nucleus accumbens core promotes the reinstatement of cocaine seeking

HD Schmidt, BA Kimmey, AC Arreola… - Addiction …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence indicates that type I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in the
nucleus accumbens play a critical role in cocaine seeking. The present study sought to …

Stimulation of mGluR5 in the accumbens shell promotes cocaine seeking by activating PKC gamma

HD Schmidt, RL Schassburger, LA Guercio… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Recent studies indicate a critical role for metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) in the
reinstatement of cocaine seeking. However, the signal transduction pathways through which …

Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonists attenuate cocaine priming-and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking

V Kumaresan, M Yuan, J Yee, KR Famous… - Behavioural brain …, 2009 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence suggests that metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are
involved in both cocaine reinforcement and the reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior …

Subcellular and subsynaptic localization of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors in the nucleus accumbens of cocaine-treated rats

DA Mitrano, C Arnold, Y Smith - Neuroscience, 2008 - Elsevier
There is significant pharmacological and behavioral evidence that group I metabotropic
glutamate receptors (mGluR1a and mGluR5) in the nucleus accumbens play an important …

mGluR5 antagonism inhibits cocaine reinforcement and relapse by elevation of extracellular glutamate in the nucleus accumbens via a CB1 receptor mechanism

X Li, XQ Peng, CJ Jordan, J Li, GH Bi, Y He, HJ Yang… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonism inhibits cocaine self-
administration and reinstatement of drug-seeking behavior. However, the cellular and …

Using metabotropic glutamate receptors to modulate cocaine's synaptic and behavioral effects: mGluR1 finds a niche

JA Loweth, KY Tseng, ME Wolf - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2013 - Elsevier
Group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluR) are important modulators of excitatory
synaptic transmission and therefore potential targets for drug development. In several brain …

Modulation of group II metabotropic glutamate receptor signaling by chronic cocaine

ZX Xi, S Ramamoorthy, DA Baker, H Shen… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2002 - ASPET
Repeated cocaine produces enduring neuroadaptations in glutamate transmission in the
nucleus accumbens that are thought to contribute to addiction. Group II metabotropic …

The group II metabotropic glutamate receptor agonist, LY379268, inhibits both cocaine-and food-seeking behavior in rats

J Peters, PW Kalivas - Psychopharmacology, 2006 - Springer
Rationale Group II metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR2/3) agonists are proposed to
serve as potential treatment for addiction. Objectives The present study examined the …

Activation of mGluR7s inhibits cocaine‐induced reinstatement of drug‐seeking behavior by a nucleus accumbens glutamate‐mGluR2/3 mechanism in rats

X Li, J Li, EL Gardner, ZX Xi - Journal of neurochemistry, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
J. Neurochem.(2010) 114, 1368–1380. Abstract The metabotropic glutamate receptor 7
(mGluR7) has been reported to be involved in cocaine and alcohol self‐administration …

Long-Lasting Impairment of mGluR5-Activated Intracellular Pathways in the Striatum After Withdrawal of Cocaine Self-Administration

HM Hoffmann, N Crouzin, E Moreno… - International Journal …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background: Cocaine addiction continues to be a major heath concern, and despite public
health intervention there is a lack of efficient pharmacological treatment options. A newly …