Sham-feeding sugar-dependent rats have increased dopamine but fail to release acetylcholine in the nucleus accumbens while eating
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Avena N.M., Rada P.V., Moise N., Geary N., Hoebel B.G. Sham-feeding sugar-dependent rats have increased dopamine but fail to release acetylcholine in the nucleus accumbens while eating. Society for Neuroscience. (2003):2003;9292. Abstract
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