Journal
NEUROPHARMACOLOGY
Volume 56, Issue -, Pages 91-96Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2008.06.054
Keywords
Rhythms; Behavior; Dopamine; Reward
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- NIDA
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE [K01DA019541] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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Diurnal and circadian rhythms are prominent in nearly all bodily functions. Chronic disruptions in normal sleep wake and social schedules can lead to serious health problems such as those seen in shift worker's syndrome. Moreover, genetic disruptions in normal circadian gene functions have recently been linked to a variety of psychiatric conditions including depression, bipolar disorder, seasonal affective disorder and alcoholism. Recent studies are beginning to determine how these circadian genes and rhythms are involved in the development of drug addiction. Several of these studies suggest an important role for these genes in limbic regions of the brain, outside of the central circadian pacemaker in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). This review summarizes some of the basic research into the importance of circadian genes in drug addiction. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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