A novel role for the actin-binding protein drebrin in regulating opiate addiction
The underlying transcriptional and cellular events mediating the reduction of dendritic spines on medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) remains unknown. Here, authors demonstrate that heroin self-administration negatively regulates the actin-binding protein drebrin in the NAc, which is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2019-09-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12122-8 |