Repeated social defeat stress enhances glutamatergic synaptic plasticity in the VTA and cocaine place conditioning

Enduring memories of sensory cues associated with drug intake drive addiction. It is well known that stressful experiences increase addiction vulnerability. However, it is not clear how repeated stress promotes learning of cue-drug associations, as repeated stress generally impairs learning and memo...

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Main Authors: Claire E Stelly, Matthew B Pomrenze, Jason B Cook, Hitoshi Morikawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-07-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/15448

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