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Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) antagonists attenuate cocaine priming- and cue-induced reinstatement of cocaine seeking
Kumaresan V, Yuan M, Yee J, Famous KR, Anderson SM, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC. Behavioural Brain Research, September 2009. 202: 238-244.
Phosphorylation-dependent trafficking of GluR2-containing AMPA receptors in the nucleus accumbens plays a critical role in the reinstatement of cocaine seeking
Famous KR, Kumaresan V, Sadri-Vakili G, Schmidt HD, Mierke DF, Cha JH, Pierce RC. Journal of Neuroscience, October 2008. 28:11061-11070.
Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens shell attenuates cocaine priming-induced reinstatement of drug seeking in rats
Vassoler FM, Schmidt HD, Gerard ME, Famous KR, Ciraulo DA, Kornetsky C, Knapp CM, Pierce RC. Journal of Neuroscience, August 2008. 28:8735-8739.
CaMKII: a biochemical bridge linking accumbens dopamine and glutamate systems in cocaine seeking
Anderson SM, Famous KR, Sadri-Vakili G, Kumaresan V, Schmidt HD, Bass CE, Terwilliger EF, Cha JH, Pierce RC. Nature Neuroscience, March 2008. 11(3):344-353.
When administered into the nucleus accumbens core or shell, the NMDA receptor antagonist AP-5 reinstates cocaine-seeking behavior in the rat
Famous KR, Schmidt HD, Pierce RC. Neuroscience Letters, June 2007. 420(2):169-173.
Systemic administration of a dopamine, but not a serotonin or norepinephrine, transporter inhibitor reinstates cocaine seeking in the rat.
Schmidt HD, Pierce RC. Behav Brain Res, November 2006. 175(1):189-94.
