Dopamine, cocaine and the development of cerebral cortical cytoarchitecture: A review of current concepts
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Exposure of the developing fetus to cocaine produces lasting adverse effects on brain structure and function. Animal models show that cocaine exerts its effects by interfering with monoamine neurotransmitter function and that dopamine is cocaine's principal monoamine target in the fetal brain. This review will examine the role of dopamine receptor signaling in the regulation of normal development of the cerebral cortex, the seat of higher cognitive functions, and discuss whether dopamine receptor signaling mechanisms are the principal mediators of cocaine's deleterious effects on the ontogeny of cerebral cortical cytoarchitecture.
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Similar structural and behavioral defects of the PFC can be observed in kids with prenatal exposure to opioids, cocaine, amphetamines and other drugs-of-abuse.
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- Authors
- Bhide, P. G.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Bhide, Pradeep G.
- ORCID
- Bhide, Pradeep G.
- Venue
- Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 395-402
- ISSN
- 1084-9521 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1978299170
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 85
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- FWCI
- 0.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (NSR01-43426, NSP30-045776, DAR01-020796)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Keywords
- cocaine, dopamine, fetal brain development, cerebral cortex, cortical cytoarchitecture, dopamine receptors, monoamine neurotransmission, developmental neurotoxicity, prenatal drug exposure, receptor signaling
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Cocaine, Dopamine, Female, Humans, Maternal-Fetal Exchange, Pregnancy, Receptors, Dopamine
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