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ArticleNature neuroscience2017

Cadherins mediate cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity and behavioral conditioning.

Fergil Mills, Andrea K Globa, Shuai Liu, Catherine M Cowan, Mahsan Mobasser, Anthony G Phillips, Stephanie L Borgland, Shernaz X Bamji

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fergil MillsDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Andrea K GlobaDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6557-4679
Shuai LiuDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Catherine M CowanDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Mahsan MobasserDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Anthony G PhillipsDepartment of Psychiatry and Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Stephanie L BorglandDepartment of Physiology and Pharmacology, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Shernaz X BamjiDepartment of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

CIHR 148473-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drugs of abuse alter synaptic connections in the reward circuitry of the brain, which leads to long-lasting behavioral changes that underlie addiction. Here we show that cadherin adhesion molecules play a critical role in mediating synaptic plasticity and behavioral changes driven by cocaine. We demonstrate that cadherin is essential for long-term potentiation in the ventral tegmental area and is recruited to the synaptic membranes of excitatory synapses onto dopaminergic neurons following cocaine-mediated behavioral conditioning. Furthermore, we show that stabilization of cadherin at the membrane of these synapses blocks cocaine-induced synaptic plasticity, leading to a reduction in conditioned place preference induced by cocaine. Our findings identify cadherins and associated molecules as targets of interest for understanding pathological plasticity associated with addiction.

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AnimalsCadherinsCocaineConditioning, PsychologicalDopaminergic NeuronsLong-Term PotentiationMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronal PlasticityReceptors, AMPASynapsesVentral Tegmental AreaCadherinsCocaineReceptors, AMPA

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PMID28192395
PMCPMC5373847
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