Effect of Modulation of the Astrocytic Glutamate Transporters' Expression on Cocaine-Induced Reinstatement in Male P Rats Exposed to Ethanol Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Hammad, Alaa M; Alasmari, Fawaz; Sari, Youssef

description

  • Reinforcing properties of ethanol and cocaine are mediated in part through the glutamatergic system. Extracellular glutamate concentration is strictly maintained through several glutamate transporters, such as glutamate transporter 1 (GLT-1), cystine/glutamate transporter (xCT) and glutamate aspartate transporter (GLAST). Previous findings revealed that cocaine and ethanol exposure downregulated GLT-1 and xCT, and that β-lactam antibiotics restored their expression.

authors

publication date

  • 2021

published in

start page

  • 210

end page

  • 219

volume

  • 56