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ReviewGenes, brain, and behavior2017

Restructuring of basal ganglia circuitry and associated behaviors triggered by low striatal D2 receptor expression: implications for substance use disorders.

L K Dobbs, J C Lemos, V A Alvarez

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Review in Genes, brain, and behavior, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Facilitating mGluR4 activity reverses the long-term deleterious consequences of chronic morphine exposure in male mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2021
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  14. Personality Traits or Genetic Determinants-Which Strongly Influences E-Cigarette Users?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  18. D1 receptor hypersensitivity in mice with low striatal D2 receptors facilitates select cocaine behaviors.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

L K DobbsNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
J C LemosNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
V A AlvarezNational Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Synaptic mechanisms underlying reward seeking and compulsive drug useZIAAA000421 · NIAAA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM · PI ALVAREZ, VERONICA A · 2009 to 2025
$23.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AA000421
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) consistently emerge as a critical substrate for the etiology of some major psychiatric disorders. Indeed, a central theory of substance use disorders (SUDs) postulates that a reduction in D2R levels in the striatum is a determining factor that confers vulnerability to abuse substances. A large number of clinical and preclinical studies strongly support this link between SUDs and D2Rs; however, identifying the mechanism by which low D2Rs facilitate SUDs has been hindered by the complexity of circuit connectivity, the heterogeneity of D2R expression and the multifaceted constellation of phenotypes observed in SUD patient. Animal models are well-suited for understanding the mechanisms because they allow access to the circuitry and the genetic tools that enable a dissection of the D2R heterogeneity. This review discusses recent findings on the functional role of D2Rs and highlights the distinctive contributions of D2Rs expressed on specific neuronal subpopulations to the behavioral responses to stimulant drugs. A circuit-wide restructuring of local and long-range inhibitory connectivity within the basal ganglia is observed in response to manipulation of striatal D2R levels and is accompanied by multiple alterations in dopamine-dependent behaviors. Collectively, these new findings provide compelling evidence for a critical role of striatal D2Rs in shaping basal ganglia connectivity; even among neurons that do not express D2Rs. These findings from animal models have deep clinical implications for SUD patients with low levels D2R availability where a similar restructuring of basal ganglia circuitry is expected to take place.

Indexed as

AnimalsBasal GangliaCorpus StriatumDrug-Seeking BehaviorHumansReceptors, Dopamine D2Substance-Related DisordersReceptors, Dopamine D2Addictionbasal gangliacocaineD2 receptorsdopamineG-protein coupled receptorsmedium spiny neuronsstriatumsubstance use disorderssynaptic transmission

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PMID27860248
PMCPMC5243158
OpenAlexW2554428249

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