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SUBMITTER: Tye KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2988577 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tye Kay M KM Tye Lynne D LD Cone Jackson J JJ Hekkelman Evelien F EF Janak Patricia H PH Bonci Antonello A
Nature neuroscience 20100307 4
Although methylphenidate (Ritalin) has been used therapeutically for nearly 60 years, the mechanisms by which it acutely modifies behavioral performance are poorly understood. Here we combined intra-lateral amygdala in vivo pharmacology and ex vivo electrophysiology to show that acute administration of methylphenidate, as well as a selective dopamine transporter inhibitor, facilitated learning-induced strengthening of cortico-amygdala synapses through a postsynaptic increase in AMPA receptor-med ...[more]