Action of cocaine involves depletion of dopaminergic and serotonergic storage vesicles
Judith Regina Homberg, Peter Karel, Francisca Meyer, Kiki Rink, Josephus A. van Hulten, Nick H. M. van Bakel, Eric L.W. de Mulder, Lucia Caffino, Fabio Fumagalli, Jitske Jansen, Rosalinde Masereeuw, Gerard J.M. Martens, Alexander Rudolf Cools, Michel M. M. Verheij
This study shows cocaine increases extracellular dopamine and serotonin by depleting storage vesicles in the rat nucleus accumbens, with individual differences in vesicular release affecting behavior and drug intake.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2019 · PreprintNeuroscience