the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81701312 and 81521063);the Interdisciplinary Medicine Seed Fund of Peking University(BMU2018MX024).
Orexins comprise two neuropeptides produced by orexin neurons in the lateral hypothalamus and are released by extensive projections of these neurons throughout the central nervous system. Orexins bind and activate the...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation(81471353 and 81771433);the National Basic Research Development Program of China(2015CB553500);the Science Fund for Creative Research Groups from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81521063)
MicroRNA-132(miR-132), a small RNA that regulates gene expression, is known to promote neurogenesis in the embryonic nervous system and adult brain.Although exposure to psychoactive substances can increase miR-132 exp...
supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB553504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81471350 and 81671321);the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo Municipality,Zhejiang Province,China(2015A610193)
Activation of presynaptic group II metabotropic glutamate receptors(mGluR2/3) inhibits drug reward and drug-seeking behavior, but the role of N-acetylaspartylglutamate(NAAG), an agonist of endogenous mGluR2/3,in h...
supported by grants from the Postdoctoral Foundation of Jiangsu Province,China(1601180B);a Project of the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China(2016M601841)
Drug addiction results in long-term synaptic potentiation at excitatory synapses in the brain reward circuitry,especially in the ventral tegmental area(VTA)and nucleus accumbens(NAc),central parts of the mesolimbi...
We are delighted to have been invited to edit this Special Topic on Mental Health and Addiction. Mental disorders like drug addiction, mood disorders, and schizophrenia affect a sizeable proportion of the human popula...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31471071 and 31500917);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2016M592051);Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (WK2070000033);Hefei Science Center,CAS "User with Potential",China(2015HSC-UP017)
Abstract Tobacco consumption is one of the leading causes of preventable death worldwide. However, it is difficult to give up smoking by relying on the help of tra- ditional treatments only. Recent years have witnesse...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (91332119,81161120497,30925015,30830044,31371143,30900582 and 81221002);the National Basic Research Development Program from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2014CB542204)
Dopamine D1 receptors(D1Rs) play a key role in cocaine addiction, and multiple protein kinases such as GRKs, PKA, and PKC are involved in their phosphorylation. Recently, we reported that protein kinase D1 phosphory...
supported by the grant from the Saint Luke’s Hospital Foundation (Kansas City, MO, USA);grants (No. R01-DA010355, R01-MH061469) from the National Institutes of Health (Bethesda,MD, USA)
Gαi/o protein-coupled dopamine D3 receptors (D3Rs) are preferentially expressed in the limbic system, including the nucleus accumbens. This situates the receptor well in the regulation of limbic function and in the...
This work was supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30470549);the National Basic Research Priorities Programme (973) of China (No.2006CBS00800)
Objective To investigate whether repeated morphine exposure or prolonged withdrawal could influence operant and spatial learning differentially. Methods Animals were chronically treated with morphine or subjected to m...