Functional Proteins Involved in Regulation of Intracellular Ca2+ for Drug Development: Chronic Nicotine Treatment Upregulates L-Type High Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels
Neurochemical mechanisms underlying drug dependence and withdrawal syndrome remain unclear. In this review, we discuss how chronic nicotine exposure to neurons affects expression of diazepam binding inhibitor (DBI), an endogenous anxiogenic neuropeptide supposed to be a common substance participatin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2005-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Pharmacological Sciences |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319322431 |