Una sola exposición in vivo a la cocaína induce una potenciación a largo plazo en las neuronas de dopamina

M A Ungless1, J L Whistler, R C Malenka

  • 1Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94110, USA.

Nature
|June 1, 2001
PubMed
Resumen

Una sola exposición a la cocaína causa cambios duraderos en las conexiones de las células cerebrales, específicamente fortaleciendo la actividad del receptor de ácido propiónico alfa-amino-3-hidroxi-5-metil-isoxazol. Estas modificaciones neuronales pueden desempeñar un papel en el desarrollo de la adicción a las drogas.

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