Tarek Atasi

Mr. Tarek Atasi


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 July 2025 in Biomolecules
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ASAkhil Sharma
Akhil Sharma
TATarek Atasi
Tarek Atasi
FCFlorine Collin
Florine Collin
WWWeiwei Wang
Weiwei Wang
TLTuKiet Lam
TuKiet Lam
Anna MoszczynskaAnna Moszczynska
Anna Moszczynska
In recent years, methamphetamine (METH) misuse in the US has been rapidly increasing, and there is no FDA-approved pharmacotherapy for METH use disorder (MUD). We previously determined that ubiquitin-protein ligase parkin is involved in the regulation of METH addictive behaviors in rat models of MUD. Parkin is not yet a “druggable” drug target; therefore, this study aimed to determine which biological processes, pathways, and proteins downstream of parkin are likely drug targets against MUD. Employing young adult Long Evans male rats with parkin deficit or excess in the nucleus accumbens (NAc), label-free proteomics, and molecular biology, we determined that the pathways downstream of parkin that are candidates for regulating METH addictive behaviors in young adult male rats are mitochondrial respiration, oxidative stress, AMPA receptor trafficking, GABAergic neurotransmission, and actin cytoskeleton dynamics.