Severe dopaminergic neuron loss in rhesus monkey brain impairs morphine-induced conditioned place preference

It is well known that dopamine (DA) is critical for reward, but the precise role of DA in reward remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to determine what percentage of dopaminergic neurons in the primate brain is required for the expression of conditioned reward by measuring the performance of...

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Main Authors: Yan, Ting, Rizak, Joshua Dominic, Wang, Jianhong, Yang, Shangchuan, Ma, Yuanye, Hu, Xintian
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4600774/