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The role of neuroglia in the development of drug dependence
Stratilová, Mária ; Novotný, Jiří (advisor) ; Chvátal, Alexandr (referee)
Drugs of abuse, such as opioids and amphetamines, represents nowadays a serious global problem which has economical, psychological, social and medical impact. Investigation of drug effects on the nervous system has been a subject of many studies during the last few decades. The interest in neurons regarding this issues is rather constant, but currently there is increasing number of studies focused on neuroglia and their role in drug addiction. Many studies demonstrated that glia are not only a part of neuropile and do not have only supporting function, but they play an important role in communication between neurons, participate in modulation of neurotransmission and could produce factors such as cytokines and chemokines. However, there is a not much information about the effect of drugs of abuse on neuroglia and the presumed role of these cells in the development of addiction in not quite clear. This review aims to provide a brief survey of current knowledge on this topic.
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