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Addiction Medicine
Cocaine reinforcement is attenuated by antisense-induced protein reduction
March 24th, 2006
According to research from the United States, antisense-induced reduction in nucleus accumbens cyclic AMP response element binding protein attenuates cocaine reinforcement. "Repeated cocaine exposure up-regulates cyclic AMP signaling and increases the transcriptional activity of cyclic AMP response element binding protein (CREB) in the nucleus accumbens. "To study the possibility that nucleus accumbens CREB activity regulates self-administration behavior, we tested the effects of a single, bilateral infusion of CREB antisense oligonucleotide into nucleus accumbens core and shell sub-regions on cocaine self-administration in rats," wrote K.H. Choi and...
Source: Drug Week (2006-03-24)
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