Effect of Morphine Treatment on mRNA Expression of GluN3A Subunit of the NMDA Receptor in Rat Brain
Nasim Vousooghi, Fatemeh Hosseini Ghane, Mitra-Sadat Sadat-Shirazi, Payam Safavi and Mohammad Reza Zarrindast
N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors are mainly involved in opioid addiction and are highly expressed in the brain reward pathway. Presence of GluN3A subunit in the composition of NMDA receptor decreases conductance of receptor channel.