The objective of the current study was to examine how periadolescent nicotine exposure
affects dendritic morphology of medium spiny neurons from the nucleus accumbens shell …

In the central nervous system, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) plays a role in synaptic
plasticity and remodeling. Our recent study has suggested that tPA participates in the …

Sexual experience, like repeated drug use, produces long‐term changes including
sensitization in the nucleus accumbens and dorsal striatum. To better understand the …

Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a heparin-binding protein with diverse functions. For example, it
stimulates neurite outgrowth, mitogenesis, repair and differentiation, effects that are similar …

Noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonists, such as ketamine, induce a transient
schizophrenia-like state in healthy individuals and exacerbate psychosis in schizophrenic …

We previously reported synchronization of pyramidal neurons within prefrontal cortex of rats
repeatedly exposed to amphetamine (AMPH). To test the hypothesis that cortical …

The neural plasticity associated with behavioral sensitization following repeated
administration of a psychostimulant methamphetamine (METH) is thought to require …

Repetitive exposure to psychostimulants elicits behavioral sensitization. Accumulating
evidence have shown that the central GABAergic system is involved in psychostimulants …

Individual differences in responses to mild, acute stressors in laboratory animals have
commonly been observed in behavioural tests and at the level of hypothalamic-pituitary …