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G-protein coupled receptors(GPCRs)belong to the biggest subfamily of transmembran receptors.Recently,more and more research has been suggested that the dimerization of GPCRs may regulate the physiological and pharmacological activity.With the development of biochemistry technology and molecular biology,a great progress has been achieved in the field of the dimerization of GPCRs.This article will generally demonstrate that the vital roles of the homodimerization and heterdimerization.
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Addiction is gaining recognition as a leading cause of death, morbility and lost productivity. The urgent clinical and social need to do something about addiction promotes the development of addciton research. This paper reviews the main advances in this area in the latest thirty years, ranging from the initial targets of the major drugs of abuse, to the cAMP pathway in opiate tolerence and dependence and molecular and cellular mechanisms of addiction in VTA-NAc pathway.