Behavior of knock-in mice with a cocaine-insensitive dopamine transporter after virogenetic restoration of cocaine sensitivity in the striatum

B O'Neill, MR Tilley, DD Han, K Thirtamara-Rajamani… - …, 2014 - Elsevier
Cocaine's main pharmacological actions are the inhibition of the dopamine, serotonin, and
norepinephrine transporters. Its main behavioral effects are reward and locomotor …

Restoration of cocaine stimulation and reward by reintroducing wild type dopamine transporter in adult knock-in mice with a cocaine-insensitive dopamine transporter

H Wu, B O'Neill, DD Han, K Thirtamara-Rajamani… - …, 2014 - Elsevier
In previous studies, we generated knock-in mice with a cocaine-insensitive dopamine
transporter (DAT-CI mice) and found cocaine does not stimulate locomotion or produce …

Lack of cocaine self-administration in mice expressing a cocaine-insensitive dopamine transporter

M Thomsen, DD Han, HH Gu, SB Caine - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2009 - ASPET
Cocaine addiction is a worldwide public health problem for which there are no established
treatments. The dopamine transporter (DAT) is suspected as the primary target mediating …

Abolished cocaine reward in mice with a cocaine-insensitive dopamine transporter

R Chen, MR Tilley, H Wei, F Zhou… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
There are three known high-affinity targets for cocaine: the dopamine transporter (DAT), the
serotonin transporter (SERT), and the norepinephrine transporter (NET). Decades of studies …

Cocaine does not produce reward in absence of dopamine transporter inhibition

MR Tilley, B O'Neill, DD Han, HH Gu - Neuroreport, 2009 - journals.lww.com
We have previously reported that knockin mice with a cocaine-insensitive dopamine
transporter (DAT-CI mice) do not experience cocaine reward, as measured by conditioned …

Cocaine reward and locomotion stimulation in mice with reduced dopamine transporter expression

MR Tilley, B Cagniard, X Zhuang, DD Han, N Tiao… - BMC neuroscience, 2007 - Springer
Background The dopamine transporter (DAT) plays a critical role in regulating dopamine
neurotransmission. Variations in DAT or changes in basal dopaminergic tone have been …

Cocaine self-administration in dopamine-transporter knockout mice

BA Rocha, F Fumagalli, RR Gainetdinov… - Nature …, 1998 - nature.com
The plasma membrane dopamine transporter (DAT) is responsible for clearing dopamine
from the synapse. Cocaine blockade of DAT leads to increased extracellular dopamine, an …

Molecular mechanisms of cocaine reward: combined dopamine and serotonin transporter knockouts eliminate cocaine place preference

I Sora, FS Hall, AM Andrews… - Proceedings of the …, 2001 - National Acad Sciences
Cocaine blocks uptake by neuronal plasma membrane transporters for dopamine (DAT),
serotonin (SERT), and norepinephrine (NET). Cocaine reward/reinforcement has been …

[PDF][PDF] Lack of cocaine effect on dopamine clearance in the core and shell of the nucleus accumbens of dopamine transporter knock-out mice

EA Budygin, CE John, Y Mateo… - The Journal of …, 2002 - Soc Neuroscience
Cocaine produces its reinforcing effects primarily by inhibiting the dopamine transporter
(DAT) at the level of presynaptic terminals and increasing extracellular levels of dopamine …

Cocaine-conditioned locomotion in dopamine transporter, norepinephrine transporter and 5-HT transporter knockout mice

FS Hall, XF Li, J Randall-Thompson, I Sora, DL Murphy… - Neuroscience, 2009 - Elsevier
The behavioral effects of cocaine are affected by gene knockout (KO) of the dopamine
transporter (DAT), the serotonin transporter (SERT) and the norepinephrine transporter …