The story of glutamate in drug addiction and of N-acetylcysteine as a potential pharmacotherapy

JAMA Psychiatry. 2013 Sep;70(9):895-7. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.2207.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcysteine / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Brain / drug effects
  • Brain / metabolism*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Glutamic Acid / metabolism*
  • Receptors, Glutamate / metabolism
  • Receptors, Glutamate / physiology*
  • Substance-Related Disorders / drug therapy
  • Substance-Related Disorders / metabolism*

Substances

  • Receptors, Glutamate
  • Glutamic Acid
  • Acetylcysteine