The nucleus accumbens: mechanisms of addiction across drug classes reflect the importance of glutamate homeostasis

MD Scofield, JA Heinsbroek, CD Gipson… - Pharmacological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The nucleus accumbens is a major input structure of the basal ganglia and integrates
information from cortical and limbic structures to mediate goal-directed behaviors. Chronic …

Mechanisms of action and persistent neuroplasticity by drugs of abuse

ER Korpi, B den Hollander, U Farooq… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Adaptation of the nervous system to different chemical and physiologic conditions is
important for the homeostasis of brain processes and for learning and remembering …

Astrocytic dysfunction and addiction: consequences of impaired glutamate homeostasis

MD Scofield, PW Kalivas - The Neuroscientist, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Addiction is characterized as a chronic relapsing disorder whereby addicted individuals
persistently engage in drug seeking and use despite profound negative consequences. The …

Glutamatergic targets for new alcohol medications

A Holmes, R Spanagel, JH Krystal - Psychopharmacology, 2013 - Springer
Rationale An increasingly compelling literature points to a major role for the glutamate
system in mediating the effects of alcohol on behavior and the pathophysiology of …

Role of cues and contexts on drug‐seeking behaviour

CJ Perry, I Zbukvic, JH Kim… - British journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental stimuli are powerful mediators of craving and relapse in substance‐abuse
disorders. This review examined how animal models have been used to investigate the …

International union of basic and clinical pharmacology. CXI. Pharmacology, signaling, and physiology of metabotropic glutamate receptors

KJ Gregory, C Goudet, EH Ohlstein - Pharmacological reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors respond to glutamate, the major excitatory
neurotransmitter in the mammalian brain, mediating a modulatory role that is critical for …

mGlu5 function in the nucleus accumbens core during the incubation of methamphetamine craving

CH Murray, DT Christian, M Milovanovic, JA Loweth… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Many studies have demonstrated that negative allosteric modulators (NAM) of metabotropic
glutamate receptor 5 (mGlu5) reduce cocaine and methamphetamine seeking in extinction …

Effect of novel allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors on drug self-administration and relapse: a review of preclinical studies and their clinical …

D Caprioli, Z Justinova, M Venniro, Y Shaham - Biological psychiatry, 2018 - Elsevier
Results from preclinical rodent studies during the last 20 years implicated glutamate
neurotransmission in different brain regions in drug self-administration and rodent models of …

Negative allosteric modulators of metabotropic glutamate receptors subtype 5 in addiction: a therapeutic window

Y Mihov, G Hasler - International Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background: Abundant evidence at the anatomical, electrophysiological, and molecular
levels implicates metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 5 (mGluR5) in addiction …

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 …