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. 1999 Oct;2(10):855-6.
doi: 10.1038/13147.

Selective gene expression increases behavioral sensitivity to cocaine

S E Hyman  1
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Selective gene expression increases behavioral sensitivity to cocaine

S E Hyman. Nat Neurosci. 1999 Oct.

Abstract

Addictive drugs induce a truncated form of fosB in the striatum. A new study shows that mice engineered to mimic this expression pattern are abnormally sensitive to cocaine.

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