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Varenicline decreases ethanol intake and increases dopamine release via neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the nucleus accumbens
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Varenicline, a neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) modulator, decreases ethanol consumption in rodents and humans. The proposed mechanism of action for varenicline to reduce ethanol consumption has been through modulation of dopamine (DA) release in the nucleus...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BlackWell Publishing Ltd
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4105930/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24628360 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.12690 |