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ArticleNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology2018

VTA mTOR Signaling Regulates Dopamine Dynamics, Cocaine-Induced Synaptic Alterations, and Reward.

Xiaojie Liu, Yan Li, Laikang Yu, Casey R Vickstrom, Qing-Song Liu

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Article in Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaojie LiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9843-1674
Yan LiDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Laikang YuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Casey R VickstromDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Qing-Song LiuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Medical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM080202 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI BARBIERI, JOSEPH T, SALZMAN, NITA H · 2010 to 2024
$5.7M
Mechanistic studies of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in cocaine addictionR01DA035217 · NIDA · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI LIU, QING-SONG · 2014 to 2023
$3.4M
Regulation of dopamine neuronal activity and depressive behavior by HCN channelsR56MH101146 · NIMH · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI LIU, QING-SONG · 2014 to 2015
$765k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA035217NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM080202NIMH NIH HHS R56 MH101146
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates long-term synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory by controlling dendritic protein synthesis. The mTOR inhibitor rapamycin has been shown to attenuate the behavioral effects of drugs of abuse, including cocaine. Using viral vectors to selectively delete mTOR in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) in adult male mTOR

Indexed as

RewardAnimalsAssociation LearningCocaineConditioning, PsychologicalDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsGABAergic NeuronsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicroinjectionsNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsNucleus AccumbensSynapsesCocaineDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsmTOR protein, mouseTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesTyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

Identifiers

PMID29039413
PMCPMC5854804
OpenAlexW2766007548

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