The Molecular Basis of Drug Addiction

<p>1. Molecular Mechanism: ERK Signaling, Drug Addiction, and Behavioral EffectsWei-Lun Sun, Pamela M. Quizon, Jacqueline F. McGinty and Jun Zhu2. Ethanol-Associated Changes in Glutamate Reward Neurocircuitry: A Mini-Review of Clinical and Preclinical Genetic FindingsRichard L. Bell, Sheketha R. Hauser, Jeanette McClintick, Shafiqur Rahman, Howard J. Edenberg, Karen K. Szumlinski and William J. McBride3. S-Glutathionylation and Redox Protein Signaling in Drug AddictionJacqueline S. Womersley and Joachim D. Uys4. Molecular Mechanisms of Cannabis Signaling in the BrainPatrick J. Ronan, Narin Wongngamnit and Thomas P. Beresford5. The Nociceptin Receptor as an Emerging Molecular Target for Cocaine AddictionKabirullah Lutfy and Nurulain T. Zaveri6. Recent Advances in Nicotinic Receptor Signaling in Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismShafiqur Rahman, Eric A. Engelman and Richard L. Bell7. Molecular Changes in Opioid Addiction: The Role of Adenylyl Cyclase and cAMP/PKA SystemPatrick Chan and Kabirullah Lutfy8. Caenorhabditis elegans as a Model to Study the Molecular and Genetic Mechanisms of Drug AddictionEric A. Engleman, Simon N. Katner and Bethany S. Neal-Beliveau</p>