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Separating Analgesia from Reward within the Ventral Tegmental Area

Activation of the dopaminergic mesolimbic reward circuit that originates in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) is postulated to preferentially suppress emotional responses to noxious stimuli, and presumably contributes to the addictive liability of strong analgesics. VTA dopamine neurons are activated...

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Main Authors: Schifirneţ, Elena, Bowen, Scott E., Borszcz, George S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066888/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24434773
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.01.009
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