Arg kinase regulates prefrontal dendritic spine refinement and cocaine-induced plasticity

SL Gourley, A Olevska, MS Warren… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Adolescence is characterized by vulnerability to the development of neuropsychiatric
disorders including drug addiction, as well as prefrontal cortical refinement that culminates …

Loss of dendrite stabilization by the Abl-related gene (Arg) kinase regulates behavioral flexibility and sensitivity to cocaine

SL Gourley, AJ Koleske… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Adolescence is characterized by increased vulnerability to developing neuropsychiatric
disorders and involves a period of prefrontal cortical dendritic refinement and synaptic …

The dendritic spine morphogenic effects of repeated cocaine use occur through the regulation of serum response factor signaling

ME Cahill, DM Walker, AM Gancarz, ZJ Wang… - Molecular …, 2018 - nature.com
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is a primary brain reward region composed predominantly of
medium spiny neurons (MSNs). In response to early withdrawal from repeated cocaine …

Induction and blockade of adolescent cocaine-induced habits

LM DePoy, KS Zimmermann, PJ Marvar, SL Gourley - Biological psychiatry, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Cocaine use during adolescence increases vulnerability to drug dependence
and decreases the likelihood that individuals will seek treatment as adults. Understanding …

Synaptic cytoskeletal plasticity in the prefrontal cortex following psychostimulant exposure

LM DePoy, SL Gourley - Traffic, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Addiction is characterized by maladaptive decision‐making, a loss of control over drug
consumption and habit‐like drug seeking despite adverse consequences. These cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Adolescent cocaine exposure simplifies orbitofrontal cortical dendritic arbors

LM DePoy, RE Perszyk, KS Zimmermann… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Cocaine and amphetamine remodel dendritic spines within discrete cortico-limbic brain
structures including the orbitofrontal cortex (oPFC). Whether dendrite structure is similarly …

Synaptic microtubule-associated protein EB3 and SRC phosphorylation mediate structural and behavioral adaptations during withdrawal from cocaine self …

ES Calipari, A Godino, M Salery… - Journal of …, 2019 - Soc Neuroscience
Addictive behaviors, including relapse, are thought to depend in part on long-lasting drug-
induced adaptations in dendritic spine signaling and morphology in the nucleus accumbens …

Differential expression of cytoskeletal regulatory factors in the adolescent prefrontal cortex: implications for cortical development

LP Shapiro, RG Parsons, AJ Koleske… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The prevalence of depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and drug and alcohol use disorders
peaks during adolescence. Further, up to 50% of “adult” mental health disorders emerge in …

Signaling via dopamine D1 and D3 receptors oppositely regulates cocaine-induced structural remodeling of dendrites and spines

L Zhang, J Li, N Liu, B Wang, J Gu, M Zhang, Z Zhou… - Neurosignals, 2012 - karger.com
Repeated exposure to cocaine can induce persistent alterations in the brain. The structural
remodeling of dendrites and dendritic spines is thought to play a critical role in cocaine …

Withdrawal from repeated morphine administration augments expression of the RhoA network in the nucleus accumbens to control synaptic structure

ME Cahill, CJ Browne, J Wang… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The nucleus accumbens (NA c) is a critical brain reward region that mediates the rewarding
effects of drugs of abuse, including those of morphine and other opiates. Drugs of abuse …