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Cocaine-induced adaptations in D1 and D2 accumbens projection neurons (a dichotomy not necessarily synonymous with direct and indirect pathways)

Cocaine exposure causes enduring neuroadaptations in ventral striatum, or nucleus accumbens (NAc), an area critically involved in reward learning and relapse of drug seeking. Medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in striatum are dichotomous in their expression of either D1 or D2 dopamine receptors, along with...

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Main Authors: Smith, Rachel J., Lobo, Mary Kay, Spencer, Sade, Kalivas, Peter W.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681928/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23428656
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conb.2013.01.026
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