Synaptic plasticity in the mesolimbic dopamine system

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1432, 2003, Pages 815-819

  Thomas, Mark J ^a   Malenka, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Dopamine; Drugs of abuse; Nucleus accumbens; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038561174     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1236     Document Type: Review

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