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An unusual suspect in cocaine addiction.

Neuron (2013-11-26)
Yanhua H Huang, Oliver M Schlüter, Yan Dong
ABSTRACT

Development of drug addiction is extremely complex, but its initiation can be as simple as the flip-flop of glutamatergic receptor subtypes triggered by an "unusual" type of NMDA receptors, as suggested by Yuan et al. (2013) in this issue of Neuron.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Sigma-Aldrich
Cocaine hydrochloride
Supelco
Cocaine hydrochloride solution, 1.0 mg/mL in methanol, analytical standard, for drug analysis
Supelco
Cocaine solution, 1.0 mg/mL in acetonitrile, ampule of 1 mL, certified reference material, Cerilliant®
Sigma-Aldrich
Cocaine free base