Regulation of extrasynaptic glutamate levels as a pathophysiological mechanism in disorders of motivation and addiction

Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 Jan;40(1):254-5. doi: 10.1038/npp.2014.218.

Authors

Robert E McCullumsmith¹, Gerard Sanacora²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
² Clinical Neuroscience Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Behavior, Addictive / metabolism*
Behavior, Addictive / physiopathology*
Glutamic Acid / metabolism*
Humans
Motivation / physiology*
Sodium-Glucose Transport Proteins / metabolism*
Synapses / metabolism*

Substances

Sodium-Glucose Transport Proteins
Glutamic Acid

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