Cortical control of VTA function and influence on nicotine reward

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1173-1180

  Wu, Jie ^a,b   Gao, Ming ^a   Shen, Jian Xin ^b   Shi, Wei Xing ^c   Oster, Andrew M ^d   Gutkin, Boris S ^e  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine neurons; Nicotine reward; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Prefrontal cortex; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; EXCITATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84885609305     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.07.013     Document Type: Review

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