Role of the origin of glutamatergic synaptic inputs in controlling synaptic plasticity and its modulation by alcohol in mice nucleus accumbens

It is widely accepted that long-lasting changes of synaptic strength in the nucleus accumbens, a brain region involved in drug reward, mediate acute and chronic effects of alcohol. However, our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the effects of alcohol on synaptic plasticity is limited by the...

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Main Authors: Gilles Erwann Martin, Xincai eJi, Sucharita eSaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsyn.2015.00012/full