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Conditional Knockout of NMDA Receptors in Dopamine Neurons Prevents Nicotine-Conditioned Place Preference

Nicotine from smoking tobacco produces one of the most common forms of addictive behavior and has major societal and health consequences. It is known that nicotine triggers tobacco addiction by activating nicotine acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the midbrain dopaminergic reward system, primarily...

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Autores principales: Phillip Wang, Lei, Li, Fei, Shen, Xiaoming, Tsien, Joe Z.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2797636/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062537
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0008616