Identification of Rat Ventral Tegmental Area GABAergic Neurons

The canonical two neuron model of opioid reward posits that mu opioid receptor (MOR) activation produces reward by disinhibiting midbrain ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons through inhibition of local GABAergic interneurons. Although indirect evidence supports the neural circuit postulate...

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Main Authors: Margolis, Elyssa B., Toy, Brian, Himmels, Patricia, Morales, Marisela, Fields, Howard L.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3409171/