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ReviewPharmacological research2024

Targeting the cytoskeleton as a therapeutic approach to substance use disorders.

Surya Pandey, Courtney A Miller

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Review in Pharmacological research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The neuroimmune-glutamate hypothesis of addiction.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2026
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  11. Critical Involvement of Actin Stabilizer TMOD2 in Cocaine-Induced Neuroadaptations.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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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

2 authors at 1 institution.

Surya PandeyDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States; Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States.
Courtney A MillerDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States; Department of Neuroscience, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology, Jupiter, FL 33458, United States. Electronic address: cmiller@scripps.edu.
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology

Funding

Myosin II regulation of actin dynamics and the selective vulnerability of methamphetamine- and opioid-associated memoryR01DA049544 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI MILLER, COURTNEY A, RUMBAUGH, GAVIN R · 2020 to 2024
$3.6M
Developing nonmuscle II inhibitors for substance use relapseUH3NS096833 · NINDS · SCRIPPS FLORIDA · PI GRIFFIN, PATRICK ROBERT, KAMENECKA, THEODORE M · 2017 to 2020
$1.8M
Preventing alcohol seeking with a nonmuscle myosin II inhibitor under clinical developmentR21AA028727 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI GILPIN, NICHOLAS WARREN, MILLER, COURTNEY A · 2021 to 2022
$466k
NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA028727NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA049544NINDS NIH HHS UH3 NS096833
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Substance use disorders (SUD) are chronic relapsing disorders governed by continually shifting cycles of positive drug reward experiences and drug withdrawal-induced negative experiences. A large body of research points to plasticity within systems regulating emotional, motivational, and cognitive processes as drivers of continued compulsive pursuit and consumption of substances despite negative consequences. This plasticity is observed at all levels of analysis from molecules to networks, providing multiple avenues for intervention in SUD. The cytoskeleton and its regulatory proteins within neurons and glia are fundamental to the structural and functional integrity of brain processes and are potentially the major drivers of the morphological and behavioral plasticity associated with substance use. In this review, we discuss preclinical studies that provide support for targeting the brain cytoskeleton as a therapeutic approach to SUD. We focus on the interplay between actin cytoskeleton dynamics and exposure to cocaine, methamphetamine, alcohol, opioids, and nicotine and highlight preclinical studies pointing to a wide range of potential therapeutic targets, such as nonmuscle myosin II, Rac1, cofilin, prosapip 1, and drebrin. These studies broaden our understanding of substance-induced plasticity driving behaviors associated with SUD and provide new research directions for the development of SUD therapeutics.

Indexed as

Substance-Related DisordersSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeActin CytoskeletonBrainCytoskeletonHumansActinAddictionCytoskeletonMedicationMyosinStructural plasticity

Identifiers

PMID38499081
PMCPMC11034636
OpenAlexW4392881402

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