In addition, CP-AMPARs are recruited to synapses in the amygdala during fear learning (Clem and Huganir, 2010) and in the nucleus accumbens and ventral tegmentum in models of drug addiction (Bellone et al., 2011; McCutcheon et al., 2011) CP-AMPARs have a crucial role not only in synaptic plasticity, but also in the excitotoxicity associated with several neurological disorders. The gene discussed is CP; the disease is nervous system disorder.