Optogenetics reveals a role for accumbal medium spiny neurons expressing dopamine D2 receptors in cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization

• Main Authors: Song, S.S, Kang, B.J, Lee, H.J, Sim, H.-R, Kim, T.H, Yoon, S, Yoon, B.-J, Baik, J.-H, Wen, L, Augustine, G.J
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: cocaine; dopamine 2 receptor; rhodopsin; virus vector; animal behavior; animal cell; animal experiment; Article; brain electrophysiology; cocaine dependence; confocal laser microscopy; controlled study; dopaminergic nerve cell; evoked inhibitory postsynaptic current; habituation; human; human cell; hyperpolarization; immunofluorescence; in vivo study; inhibitory postsynaptic potential; latent period; medium spiny nerve cell; membrane steady potential; mouse; nerve cell membrane steady potential; nonhuman; nucleus accumbens; optogenetics; phenotypic plasticity; photostimulation; protein expression; relapse; signal transduction; spinal cord nerve cell; withdrawal syndrome
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181482
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00336