The repeated use of drugs that directly or indirectly stimulate dopamine transmission carry
addiction liability and produce enduring pathological changes in the brain circuitry that …

Corydalis yanhusuo WT Wang, also known as yanhusuo, yuanhu, yanhu and xuanhu, is one
of the herb components of many Chinese Traditional Medicine prescriptions such as Jin …

Rationale Although pathological gambling (PG) is relatively common, pharmacotherapy
research for PG is limited. Memantine, an N-methyl d-aspartate receptor antagonist, appears …

N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors (NMDARs) are key components of neural signaling, playing
roles in synaptic transmission and in the synaptic plasticity thought to underlie learning and …

Cue-induced cocaine craving progressively intensifies (incubates) after withdrawal from
cocaine self-administration in rats and humans. In rats, the expression of incubation …

Background and aims Repeated performance of some behaviors such as playing computer
games could result in addiction. The NMDA receptor is critically involved in the development …

The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) is unique in requiring two agonists to bind
simultaneously to open its cation channel: the neurotransmitter, glutamate, and the …

N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptors play crucial roles in glutamate-mediated synaptic
transmission and plasticity and are involved in a variety of brain functions. Specific single …

The striatum can be divided into the DLS (dorsolateral striatum) and the VMS (ventromedial
striatum), which includes NAcC (nucleus accumbens core) and NAcS (nucleus accumbens …

We here provide functional and immunocytochemical evidence supporting the co-
localization and functional interaction between nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) …