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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Repeated cocaine treatment and withdrawal produces changes in brain function thought to be involved in relapse to drug use. Withdrawal from repeated cocaine reduced in vivo extracellular glutamate in the nucleus accumbens of rats by decreasing the exchange of extracellular cystine for intracellular glutamate. In vivo restoration of cystine/glutamate exchange by intracranial perfusion of cystine or systemically administered N-acetylcysteine normalized the levels of glutamate in cocaine-treated subjects. To determine if the reduction in nonvesicular glutamate release is a mediator of relapse, we examined cocaine-primed reinstatement of drug seeking after cocaine self-administration was stopped. Reinstatement was prevented by stimulating cystine/glutamate exchange with N-acetylcysteine and restoring extracellular glutamate. Thus, withdrawal from repeated cocaine increases susceptibility to relapse in part by reducing cystine/glutamate exchange, and restoring exchanger activity prevents cocaine-primed drug seeking.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1097-6256
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
743-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Acetylcysteine, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Adaptation, Physiological, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Cocaine, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Cocaine-Related Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Conditioning, Operant, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Corpus Striatum, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Cystine, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Expectorants, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Extinction, Psychological, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Extracellular Space, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Glutamic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Nucleus Accumbens, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Prefrontal Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Recurrence, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Reinforcement (Psychology), pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Self Administration, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Substance Withdrawal Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:12778052-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuroadaptations in cystine-glutamate exchange underlie cocaine relapse.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.