Cocaine, cadherins and synaptic plasticity

Nature Neuroscience 20, 499 (2017). doi:10.1038/nn.4535 Authors: Kristina Valentinova & Manuel Mameli Addictive substances hijack the reward system partly via synaptic plasticity onto dopamine neurons. Cadherins may contribute to cocaine-evoked adaptations, supporting the notion that drug addiction is a synaptic disease.
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