Neuronal Targets of Cocaine
Dopamine

Nucleus Accumbens D2/3 Receptors Predict Trait Impulsivity and Cocaine Reinforcement (2007) J. Dalley

Faster onset and dopamine transporter selectivity predict stimulant and reinforcing effects of cocaine analogs in squirrel monkeys. (2007)

D2-Autoreceptors Chronically Enhance Dopamine Neuron Pacemaker Activity J Neurosci 2006 May 10; 26(19): 5240–5247.

Cooperative activation of D1- and D2-like DA receptors in the NAc shell is required for cocaine-seeking behavior in the rat (06) H.D. Schmidt

Cocaine Cues and Dopamine in Dorsal Striatum: Mechanism of Craving in Cocaine Addiction (2006)

Changes in extracellular dopamine during cocaine self-administration in squirrel monkeys. Synapse, 56:129-134, 2005.

Dopamine and drug addiction: the nucleus accumbens shell connection. Gaetano Di Chiara, Valentina Bassareoa, Sandro Fenua, Maria Antonietta De Lucaa, Liliana Spinaa, Cristina Cadonia, Elio Acquasa, Ezio Carbonia, Valentina Valentinia and Daniele Leccaa 2004.

N-Epinephrine
Difference in magnitude of psychostimulant-induced extracellular norepinephrine in the ventral tegmental area contributes to discrepant prefrontal dopamine outflow Pan WH, Hsieh MC, Wu HH, Lin SK. Addict Biol. 2007 Mar;12(1):51-8.

Alpha-Noradrenergic Receptors Modulate the Development and Expression of Cocaine Sensitization (2006).

Role of the increased noradrenergic neurotransmission in drug self-administration. Wee S, Wang Z, He R, Zhou J, Kozikowski AP, Woolverton WL. 2005

Neurochemical interaction between dopaminergic and noradrenergic neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex Wynn Pan, Sze-Yuan Yang, Shi-Kwang Lin

Mice lacking the norepinephrine transporter are supersensitive to psychostimulants. Gainetdinov 2000

Noradrenergic involvement in the discriminative stimulus effects of cocaine in squirrel monkeys (95 Spealman)

Serotonin
Effects of Combined Dopamine and Serotonin Transporter Inhibitors on Cocaine Self-Administration in Rhesus Monkeys. (2007)

Development of a Rationally Designed, Low Abuse Potential, Biogenic Amine Releaser That Suppresses Cocaine Self-Administration ('05)

Relationship between the Serotonergic Activity and Reinforcing Effects of a Series of Amphetamine Analogs (2005)

Role of serotonin in cocaine effects in mice with reduced dopamine transporter function. PNAS, January 6, 2004; 101(1): 372-377.

Serotonin1B Receptors in the Ventral Tegmental Area Modulate Cocaine-Induced Increases in Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine Levels 04 

Serotonergic Attenuation of the Reinforcing and Neurochemical Effects of Cocaine in Squirrel Monkeys. JPET 2002 300: 831-837.

The serotonergic and noradrenergic effects of antidepressant drugs are anticonvulsant, not proconvulsant. Ronald B.P. Jobe 2005

σ–Receptors
σ Receptors: potential medications development target for anti-cocaine agents (03) Matsumoto

Involvement of sigma receptors in the behavioral effects of cocaine: evidence from novel ligands and antisense oligodeoxynucleotides R. Matsumoto, K. McCracken (2002).

Cholinergic
Pharmacological Characterization of Nicotine's Interaction with Cocaine and Cocaine Analogs J Pharmacol Exp Ther 1999 289: 1229-1236.

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