Search Results - "Huang, Yanhua H"
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Bidirectional Modulation of Incubation of Cocaine Craving by Silent Synapse-Based Remodeling of Prefrontal Cortex to Accumbens Projections
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (17-09-2014)“…Glutamatergic projections from the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) to nucleus accumbens (NAc) contribute to cocaine relapse. Here we show that silent…”
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Opposing mechanisms mediate morphine- and cocaine-induced generation of silent synapses
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-07-2016)“…Cocaine and morphine produce similar addiction-related behaviors, but different adaptations at accumbens synapses. The authors explain this paradox, showing…”
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Silent synapses dictate cocaine memory destabilization and reconsolidation
Published in Nature neuroscience (01-01-2020)“…Cocaine-associated memories are persistent, but, on retrieval, become temporarily destabilized and vulnerable to disruptions, followed by reconsolidation. To…”
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Neuropathic pain generates silent synapses in thalamic projection to anterior cingulate cortex
Published in Pain (Amsterdam) (01-05-2021)“…Pain experience can change the central processing of nociceptive inputs, resulting in persistent allodynia and hyperalgesia. However, the underlying circuit…”
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Astrocyte Molecular Clock Function in the Nucleus Accumbens Is Important for Reward-Related Behavior
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (01-07-2022)“…Substance use disorders are associated with disruptions in circadian rhythms. Both human and animal work have shown the integral role for circadian clocks in…”
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Selective presynaptic enhancement of the prefrontal cortex to nucleus accumbens pathway by cocaine
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (08-01-2013)“…The nucleus accumbens (NAc) regulates motivated behavior by, in part, processing excitatory synaptic projections from several brain regions. Among these…”
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Neural deficits in a mouse model of PACS1 syndrome are corrected with PACS1- or HDAC6-targeting therapy
Published in Nature communications (17-10-2023)“…PACS1 syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) caused by a recurrent de novo missense mutation in PACS1 (p.Arg203Trp (PACS1 R203W )). The mechanism by…”
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Sleep: a synchrony of cell activity-driven small network states
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-07-2013)“…We posit a bottom‐up sleep‐regulatory paradigm in which state changes are initiated within small networks as a consequence of local cell activity. Bottom‐up…”
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The density of EAAC1 (EAAT3) glutamate transporters expressed by neurons in the mammalian CNS
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (25-04-2012)“…The extracellular levels of excitatory amino acids are kept low by the action of the glutamate transporters. Glutamate/aspartate transporter (GLAST) and…”
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Cue- versus reward-encoding basolateral amygdala projections to nucleus accumbens
Published in eLife (14-11-2023)“…In substance use disorders, drug use as unconditioned stimulus (US) reinforces drug taking. Meanwhile, drug-associated cues (conditioned stimulus [CS]) also…”
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Temporal dynamics of nucleus accumbens neurons in male mice during reward seeking
Published in Nature communications (28-10-2024)“…The nucleus accumbens (NAc) regulates reward-motivated behavior, but the temporal dynamics of NAc neurons that enable “free-willed” animals to obtain rewards…”
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Cell-Type-Specific Regulation of Nucleus Accumbens Synaptic Plasticity and Cocaine Reward Sensitivity by the Circadian Protein, NPAS2
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (12-06-2019)“…The circadian transcription factor neuronal PAS domain 2 (NPAS2) is linked to psychiatric disorders associated with altered reward sensitivity. The expression…”
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In Vivo Cocaine Experience Generates Silent Synapses
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (16-07-2009)“…Studies over the past decade have enunciated silent synapses as prominent cellular substrates for synaptic plasticity in the developing brain. However, little…”
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A silent synapse-based mechanism for cocaine-induced locomotor sensitization
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (01-06-2011)“…Locomotor sensitization is a common and robust behavioral alteration in rodents whereby following exposure to abused drugs such as cocaine, the animal becomes…”
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Glutamate transporters bring competition to the synapse
Published in Current opinion in neurobiology (01-06-2004)“…Glutamate transporters (GluTs) prevent the accumulation of glutamate and influence the occupancy of receptors at synapses. The ability of extrasynaptic NMDA…”
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Cannabinoid receptor 1-expressing neurons in the nucleus accumbens
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (02-10-2012)“…Endocannabinoid signaling critically regulates emotional and motivational states via activation of cannabinoid receptor 1 (CB1) in the brain. The nucleus…”
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Zones of enhanced glutamate release from climbing fibers in the mammalian cerebellum
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (26-05-2010)“…Purkinje cells in the mammalian cerebellum are remarkably homogeneous in shape and orientation, yet they exhibit regional differences in gene expression…”
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Cocaine-induced projection-specific and cell type-specific adaptations in the nucleus accumbens
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-01-2022)“…Cocaine craving, seeking, and relapse are mediated, in part, by cocaine-induced adaptive changes in the brain reward circuits. The nucleus accumbens (NAc)…”
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An Unusual Suspect in Cocaine Addiction
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (20-11-2013)“…Development of drug addiction is extremely complex, but its initiation can be as simple as the flip-flop of glutamatergic receptor subtypes triggered by an…”
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Astrocyte Glutamate Transporters Regulate Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor-Mediated Excitation of Hippocampal Interneurons
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (12-05-2004)“…Clearance of extracellular glutamate is essential for limiting the activity of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) at excitatory synapses; however, the…”
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