Loss of UBE3A from TH-expressing neurons suppresses GABA co-release and enhances VTA-NAc optical self-stimulation
Motivated reward-seeking behaviours are governed by dopaminergic ventral tegmental area projections to the nucleus accumbens. In addition to dopamine, these mesoaccumbal terminals co-release other neurotransmitters including glutamate and GABA, whose roles in regulating motivated behaviours are curr...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754338/ |