2012
Arg Kinase Regulates Prefrontal Dendritic Spine Refinement and Cocaine-Induced Plasticity
Gourley SL, Olevska A, Warren MS, Taylor JR, Koleske AJ. Arg Kinase Regulates Prefrontal Dendritic Spine Refinement and Cocaine-Induced Plasticity. Journal Of Neuroscience 2012, 32: 2314-2323. PMID: 22396406, PMCID: PMC3386297, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2730-11.2012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpine densityAdolescent wild-type mouseHippocampal CA1 pyramidal neuronsDendritic spine densityCA1 pyramidal neuronsPostnatal day 60Wild-type miceDendritic spine developmentCocaine-Induced PlasticityAddictive-like behaviorsPyramidal neuronsCocaine sensitizationDendritic spinesPsychomotor sensitizationProtective consequencesSpine headsNeuropsychiatric disordersOrbitofrontal cortexDay 60Local applicationArg inhibitionPsychomotor sensitivityIntracellular mechanismsPsychostimulant sensitivitySpine development
2011
Cell adhesion signaling pathways: First responders to cocaine exposure?
Gourley SL, Taylor JR, Koleske AJ. Cell adhesion signaling pathways: First responders to cocaine exposure? Communicative & Integrative Biology 2011, 4: 30-3. PMID: 21509173, PMCID: PMC3073265, DOI: 10.4161/cib.4.1.14083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCocaine exposureDendritic spinesDendritic spine structureChronic drug exposureCertain brain regionsExpression/functionDrug exposurePsychomotor sensitizationPsychostimulant exposureBrain regionsFirst respondersNeuronal shapeSpine structureHuman brainRespondersExposureSpineTyrosine kinaseRecent findingsNonreceptor tyrosine kinaseCell adhesion receptorsAdhesion receptorsDevelopmental periodAdhesion factorsCell adhesion factorsCell adhesion signaling pathways
Gourley S, Taylor J, Koleske A. Cell adhesion signaling pathways. Communicative & Integrative Biology 2011, 4: 30-33. DOI: 10.4161/cib.14083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDendritic spinesDendritic spine structureChronic drug exposureCertain brain regionsExpression/functionDrug exposureCocaine exposurePsychomotor sensitizationPsychostimulant exposureBrain regionsNeuronal shapeSpine structureHuman brainExposureSpineTyrosine kinaseRecent findingsNonreceptor tyrosine kinaseCell adhesion receptorsAdhesion receptorsDevelopmental periodAdhesion factorsCell adhesion factorsFirst respondersCytoskeletal effectors