Expression of D1 receptor, D2 receptor, substance P and enkephalin messenger RNAs in the neurons projecting from the nucleus accumbens

XY Lu, MB Ghasemzadeh, PW Kalivas - Neuroscience, 1997 - Elsevier
In situ hybridization was combined with FluoroGold retrograde labelling to determine the
distribution of messenger RNAs for the D 1 dopamine receptor, D 2 dopamine receptor, β-…

The regulation of dopamine transmission by metabotropic glutamate receptors

G Hu, P Duffy, C Swanson, MB Ghasemzadeh… - … of Pharmacology and …, 1999 - ASPET
Receptor subtype nonselective metabotropic glutamate receptor (mGluR) agonists have
been shown to regulate the release of dopamine. The eight mGluR subtypes have been …

Neuroadaptations in ionotropic and metabotropic glutamate receptor mRNA produced by cocaine treatment

MB Ghasemzadeh, LC Nelson, XY Lu… - Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
: The expression of glutamate receptor/subunit mRNAs was examined 3 weeks after
discontinuing 1 week of daily injections of saline or cocaine. The level of mRNA for GluR1‐4, …

Behavioral sensitization to cocaine is associated with increased glutamate receptor trafficking to the postsynaptic density after extended withdrawal period

MB Ghasemzadeh, C Mueller, P Vasudevan - Neuroscience, 2009 - Elsevier
Glutamatergic signaling plays an important role in the behavioral and molecular plasticity
observed in behavioral sensitization to cocaine. Redistribution of the glutamate receptors in …

Homer1 proteins and AMPA receptors modulate cocaine‐induced behavioural plasticity

MB Ghasemzadeh, LK Permenter… - European Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Homer proteins form functional assemblies in the excitatory postsynaptic density, and
withdrawal from repeated cocaine administration reduces the expression of Homer1b/c in the …

Region-specific alterations in glutamate receptor expression and subcellular distribution following extinction of cocaine self-administration

MB Ghasemzadeh, P Vasudevan, CR Mueller… - Brain research, 2009 - Elsevier
A role for glutamatergic signaling in the nucleus accumbens (NA) in both the expression
and extinction of cocaine seeking has been suggested. The effects of extinction following …

Neuroadaptations in the cellular and postsynaptic group 1 metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 and Homer proteins following extinction of cocaine self …

MB Ghasemzadeh, P Vasudevan, C Mueller… - Neuroscience …, 2009 - Elsevier
This study examined the role of group1 metabotropic glutamate receptor mGluR5 and
associated postsynaptic scaffolding protein Homer1b/c in behavioral plasticity after three …

Glutamatergic plasticity in medial prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area following extended-access cocaine self-administration

MB Ghasemzadeh, P Vasudevan, C Giles, A Purgianto… - Brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Glutamate signaling in prefrontal cortex and ventral tegmental area plays an important role
in the molecular and behavioral plasticity associated with addiction to drugs of abuse. The …

Cocaine activates Homer1 immediate early gene transcription in the mesocorticolimbic circuit: differential regulation by dopamine and glutamate signaling

MB Ghasemzadeh, LK Windham, RW Lake… - Synapse, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
… Tissue homogenization, RNA extraction, and RTPCR methods used in this study have been
previously described in detail (Ghasemzadeh et al., 1999; Leonard et al., 1993; Somogyi et …

Neuroadaptive changes in NMDAR1 gene expression after extinction of cocaine self‐administration

JA Crespo, JM Oliva, MB Ghasemzadeh… - Annals of the New …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present work was to study the time course effects in levels of mRNA
encoding N‐methyl‐d‐aspartate receptor subunit 1 (NMDAR1) after long‐term cocaine self‐…