Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

The sigma-1 receptor modulates methamphetamine dysregulation of dopamine neurotransmission

  • Danielle O. Sambo,
  • Min Lin,
  • Anthony Owens,
  • Joseph J. Lebowitz,
  • Ben Richardson,
  • Darin A. Jagnarine,
  • Madhur Shetty,
  • Meghan Rodriquez,
  • Taiwo Alonge,
  • Mishaal Ali,
  • Jonathan Katz,
  • Long Yan,
  • Marcelo Febo,
  • L. Keith Henry,
  • Adriaan W. Bruijnzeel,
  • Lynette Daws,
  • Habibeh Khoshbouei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02087-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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The dopamine transporter (DAT), a regulator of dopamine homeostasis in the brain, and sigma-1 receptor (σ1R), an endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein, are both implicated in drug addiction. In this work, the authors investigate how σ1R modulates DAT response to methamphetamine.