| Literature DB >> 19234455 |
Frédéric Ambroggi1, Marc Turiault, Aude Milet, Véronique Deroche-Gamonet, Sébastien Parnaudeau, Eric Balado, Jacques Barik, Rixt van der Veen, Grégoire Maroteaux, Thomas Lemberger, Günther Schütz, Monique Lazar, Michela Marinelli, Pier Vincenzo Piazza, François Tronche.
Abstract
The glucocorticoid receptor is a ubiquitous transcription factor mediating adaptation to environmental challenges and stress. Selective Nr3c1 (the glucocorticoid receptor gene) ablation in mouse dopaminoceptive neurons expressing dopamine receptor 1a, but not in dopamine-releasing neurons, markedly decreased the motivation of mice to self-administer cocaine, dopamine cell firing and the control exerted by dopaminoceptive neurons on dopamine cell firing activity. In contrast, anxiety was unaffected, indicating that glucocorticoid receptors modify a number of behavioral disorders through different neuronal populations.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19234455 DOI: 10.1038/nn.2282
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Neurosci ISSN: 1097-6256 Impact factor: 24.884