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New Dimension in Drug Addiction Therapy

Drug Addiction From Basic Research to Therapy

Drugs of abuse share the ability to enhance dopaminergic neurotransmission in the dorsal and ventral striatum. The action of dopamine is modulated by additional neurotransmitters, including glutamate, serotonin and adenosine. All these neurotransmitters regulate the phosphorylation state of Dopaminal serine/ threonine protein phosphatase, PP-1. Phosphorylatineand cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein, ...

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Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction

We hypothesize that drug addiction can be viewed as the endpoint of a series of transitions from initial voluntary drug use through the loss of control over this behaviour, such that it becomes habitual and ultimately compulsive. We describe evidence that the switch from controlled to compulsive drug seeking represents a transition at the neural level from prefrontal cortical to striatal contro...

Review. Neural mechanisms underlying the vulnerability to develop compulsive drug-seeking habits and addiction.

We hypothesize that drug addiction can be viewed as the endpoint of a series of transitions from initial voluntary drug use through the loss of control over this behaviour, such that it becomes habitual and ultimately compulsive. We describe evidence that the switch from controlled to compulsive drug seeking represents a transition at the neural level from prefrontal cortical to striatal contro...