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ReviewNeuron2011

How addictive drugs disrupt presynaptic dopamine neurotransmission.

David Sulzer

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In one paragraph

Review in Neuron, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 302 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
302citing papers in PubMed
20.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

302 citing papers in PubMed, 578 citations in OpenAlex.

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242 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

David SulzerDepartments of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Pharmacology, Columbia University Medical Center, Black 308, 650 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032, USA. ds43@columbia.edu
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · US

Funding

The Dopamine Synapse and Associative LearningR01DA007418 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI David Sulzer · 1999 to 2026
$9.4M
Alcohol and Dopamine Release: Cellular and Synaptic MechanismsR01AA019801 · NIAAA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI HARRISON, NEIL L., SULZER, DAVID · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA019801NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA007418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fundamental principle that unites addictive drugs appears to be that each enhances synaptic dopamine by means that dissociate it from normal behavioral control, so that they act to reinforce their own acquisition. This occurs via the modulation of synaptic mechanisms that can be involved in learning, including enhanced excitation or disinhibition of dopamine neuron activity, blockade of dopamine reuptake, and altering the state of the presynaptic terminal to enhance evoked over basal transmission. Amphetamines offer an exception to such modulation in that they combine multiple effects to produce nonexocytic stimulation-independent release of neurotransmitter via reverse transport independent from normal presynaptic function. Questions about the molecular actions of addictive drugs, prominently including the actions of alcohol and solvents, remain unresolved, but their ability to co-opt normal presynaptic functions helps to explain why treatment for addiction has been challenging.

Indexed as

AmphetaminesAnalgesics, OpioidAnimalsCentral Nervous System AgentsCocaineDopamineEthanolHumansHypnotics and SedativesModels, BiologicalNeural InhibitionNeuronsNicotinePresynaptic TerminalsSynaptic TransmissionAmphetaminesAnalgesics, OpioidCentral Nervous System AgentsCocaineDopamineEthanolHypnotics and SedativesNicotine

Identifiers

PMID21338876
PMCPMC3065181
OpenAlexW2030852918

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Registered trials

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