MGLUR-DEPENDENT SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY IN DRUG-SEEKING.

mGluR-dependent synaptic plasticity in drug-seeking.

A primary feature of drug addiction is the compulsive use despite negative consequences.A general consensus is emerging on the capacity of addictive substances to co-opt synaptic transmission and synaptic plasticity in brain circuits which are involved in reinforcement and reward processing.A current hypothesis is that drug-driven neuroadaptations

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Psychological distress and life satisfaction among Black working adults in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacted Black Americans.Rates of hospitalization, mortality, and morbidity increased and racial inequities in unemployment, job benefits, and working conditions widened.This study identifies specific factors associated with the well-being of Black adults in the U.S.workforce one year into the pa

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Colonization of different biomes drove the diversification of the Neotropical Eidmanacris crickets (Insecta: Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae).

The phylogeny of the cricket genus Eidmanacris is used to analyse its historical distribution and diversification in three South American biomes: Atlantic Forest, Cerrado, and Chiquitano Dry bilstein shocks jeep xj Forest.A morphological phylogeny with all the 29 species of Eidmanacris and the Geographically explicit Event Model (GEM) is used to ex

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