Title : Differential modulation of drug - induced structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines
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Differential modulation of drug-induced structural and functional plasticity of dendritic spines.
Drug-induced plasticity of excitatory synapses has been proposed to be the cellular mechanism underlying the aberrant learning associated with addiction. Exposure to various drugs of abuse causes both morphological plasticity of dendritic spines and functional plasticity of excitatory synaptic transmission. Chronic activation of μ-opioid receptors (MOR) in cultured hippocampal neurons causes tw...
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