Purpose
Designer drugs such as hallucinogens, LSD and psilocybin found in magical "shrooms,” have a negative stigma in society due to benighted information. However, new studies have suggested activation of designer receptors exclusively actived by designer drugs may be an innovative solution for understanding motivated behaviors such as addiction. In this study, DREADDs will be used to understand long term plasticity and long term memory, which are correlated to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson.
Lopez, Alberto. "The Journal of Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience. Promoter-
Specific Effects of DREADD Modulation on Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Formation. The Journal of Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience, 23 Mar. 2016. Web. 13 Sept. 2016. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/12/3588.full
Specific Effects of DREADD Modulation on Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Formation. The Journal of Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience, 23 Mar. 2016. Web. 13 Sept. 2016. http://www.jneurosci.org/content/36/12/3588.full
University of Nevada Reno - Kathreen Castro - Biology 475 - Professor Grant Mastick