Sex differences in pre- and post-synaptic glutamate signaling in the nucleus accumbens core

Abstract Background Glutamate signaling within the nucleus accumbens underlies motivated behavior and is involved in psychiatric disease. Although behavioral sex differences in these processes are well-established, the neural mechanisms driving these differences are largely unexplored. In these stud...

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Published in:	Biology of Sex Differences
Main Authors:	Melissa C. Knouse, Andre U. Deutschmann, Miroslav N. Nenov, Mathieu E. Wimmer, Lisa A. Briand
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-08-01
Subjects:	Nucleus accumbens Sex differences Glutamate PKMζ Synaptic plasticity Long-term depression
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-023-00537-4