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Glutamatergic substrates of drug addiction and alcoholism Gass JT; Olive MFBiochem Pharmacol 2008[Jan]; 75 (1): 218-65The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic accumulation of evidence indicating that the excitatory amino acid glutamate plays an important role in drug addiction and alcoholism. The purpose of this review is to summarize findings on glutamatergic substrates of addiction, surveying data from both human and animal studies. The effects of various drugs of abuse on glutamatergic neurotransmission are discussed, as are the effects of pharmacological or genetic manipulation of various components of glutamate transmission on drug reinforcement, conditioned reward, extinction, and relapse-like behavior. In addition, glutamatergic agents that are currently in use or are undergoing testing in clinical trials for the treatment of addiction are discussed, including acamprosate, N-acetylcysteine, modafinil, topiramate, lamotrigine, gabapentin and memantine. All drugs of abuse appear to modulate glutamatergic transmission, albeit by different mechanisms, and this modulation of glutamate transmission is believed to result in long-lasting neuroplastic changes in the brain that may contribute to the perseveration of drug-seeking behavior and drug-associated memories. In general, attenuation of glutamatergic transmission reduces drug reward, reinforcement, and relapse-like behavior. On the other hand, potentiation of glutamatergic transmission appears to facilitate the extinction of drug-seeking behavior. However, attempts at identifying genetic polymorphisms in components of glutamate transmission in humans have yielded only a limited number of candidate genes that may serve as risk factors for the development of addiction. Nonetheless, manipulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission appears to be a promising avenue of research in developing improved therapeutic agents for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism.|Alcoholism/*etiology[MESH]|Amphetamines/pharmacology[MESH]|Animals[MESH]|Cannabinoids/pharmacology[MESH]|Cocaine/pharmacology[MESH]|Disease Models, Animal[MESH]|Extinction, Psychological[MESH]|Glutamic Acid/*physiology[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Narcotics/pharmacology[MESH]|Neuronal Plasticity[MESH]|Nicotine/pharmacology[MESH]|Substance-Related Disorders/drug therapy/*etiology[MESH]|Synapses/physiology[MESH]|Synaptic Transmission[MESH] |
