Search Results - "SPENCER, Sade"
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Repurposing anti-inflammatory medications for alcohol and substance use disorders
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-01-2024)Get full text
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Cocaine-induced adaptations in D1 and D2 accumbens projection neurons (a dichotomy not necessarily synonymous with direct and indirect pathways)
Published in Current opinion in neurobiology (01-08-2013)“…Highlights ► Cocaine-induced adaptations in nucleus accumbens (NAc) contribute to relapse. ► Projection neurons in NAc are D1 or D2 dopamine…”
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Metformin Prevents Cocaine Sensitization: Involvement of Adenosine Monophosphate-Activated Protein Kinase Trafficking between Subcellular Compartments in the Corticostriatal Reward Circuit
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (01-12-2023)“…Repeated cocaine exposure produces an enhanced locomotor response (sensitization) paralleled by biological adaptations in the brain. Previous studies…”
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Glutamate Transport: A New Bench to Bedside Mechanism for Treating Drug Abuse
Published in The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology (01-10-2017)“…Abstract Drug addiction has often been described as a “hijacking” of the brain circuits involved in learning and memory. Glutamate is the principal excitatory…”
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Somatic and anxiety-like behaviors in male and female rats during withdrawal from the non-selective cannabinoid agonist WIN 55,212–2
Published in Pharmacology, biochemistry and behavior (01-03-2024)“…Synthetic cannabinoids are associated with higher risk of dependence and more intense withdrawal symptoms than plant-derived Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)…”
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Systematic review of sex differences in the relationship between hormones and depression in HIV
Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology (01-04-2022)“…Major depressive disorder is the most common neuropsychiatric comorbidity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and women are more frequently affected in the…”
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Direct Regulation of Diurnal Drd3 Expression and Cocaine Reward by NPAS2
Published in Biological psychiatry (1969) (01-03-2015)“…Abstract Background Circadian gene disruptions are associated with the development of psychiatric disorders, including addiction. However, the mechanisms by…”
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Metformin in nucleus accumbens core reduces cue‐induced cocaine seeking in male and female rats
Published in Addiction biology (01-05-2022)“…This study investigated the potential therapeutic effects of the FDA‐approved drug metformin on cue‐induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking. Metformin…”
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The loss of NMDAR‐dependent LTD following cannabinoid self‐administration is restored by positive allosteric modulation of CB1 receptors
Published in Addiction biology (01-11-2020)“…Glutamatergic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens core (NAcore) is a key neuronal process in appetitive learning and contributes to pathologies such as drug…”
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Circadian genes Period 1 and Period 2 in the nucleus accumbens regulate anxiety-related behavior
Published in The European journal of neuroscience (01-01-2013)“…It has been suggested for some time that circadian rhythm abnormalities underlie the development of multiple psychiatric disorders. However, it is unclear how…”
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Accumbens neuroimmune signaling and dysregulation of astrocytic glutamate transport underlie conditioned nicotine‐seeking behavior
Published in Addiction biology (01-09-2020)“…Nicotine self‐administration is associated with decreased expression of the glial glutamate transporter (GLT‐1) and the cystine‐glutamate exchange protein xCT…”
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The Role of Clock in Ethanol-Related Behaviors
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-11-2013)“…Mice with a mutation in the Clock gene (ClockΔ19) exhibit increased preference for stimulant rewards and sucrose. They also have an increase in dopaminergic…”
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A mutation in CLOCK leads to altered dopamine receptor function
Published in Journal of neurochemistry (01-10-2012)“…Mice with a mutation in the Clock gene (ClockΔ19) have a number of behavioral phenotypes that suggest alterations in dopaminergic transmission. These include…”
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Transient synaptic potentiation in nucleus accumbens shell during refraining from cocaine seeking
Published in Addiction biology (01-05-2020)“…Repeated exposure to drug‐associated cues without reward (extinction) leads to refraining from drug seeking in rodents. We determined if refraining is…”
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Framework for advancing equity in academic medicine and science: Perspectives from early career female faculty during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published in Preventive medicine reports (01-12-2021)“…Early-career female faculty, both physician scientists and basic researchers, have disproportionately experienced negative professional, financial, and…”
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ACNP 61st Annual Meeting: Panels, Mini-Panels and Study Groups
Published in Neuropsychopharmacology (New York, N.Y.) (01-12-2022)Get full text
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Chronic treatment with N‐acetylcysteine decreases extinction responding and reduces cue‐induced nicotine‐seeking
Published in Physiological reports (01-01-2019)“…N‐acetylcysteine (NAC), a promising glutamatergic therapeutic agent, has shown some clinical efficacy in reducing nicotine use in humans and has been shown to…”
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Which came first: Cannabis use or deficits in impulse control?
Published in Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry (02-03-2021)“…Impulse control deficits are often found to co-occur with substance use disorders (SUDs). On the one hand, it is well known that chronic intake of drugs of…”
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0970 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare academicians’ sleep quantity and quality
Published in Sleep (New York, N.Y.) (29-05-2023)Get full text
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The good and bad news about glutamate in drug addiction
Published in Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford) (01-11-2016)“…In 1998 we published a perspective review describing how drug-induced neuroadaptations might serve towards understanding drug craving. We proposed experimental…”
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