NeuroscienceeLifePeer-reviewed
Dopamine neurons projecting to medial shell of the nucleus accumbens drive heroin reinforcement
Julie Corre, Ruud van Zessen, Michaël Loureiro…·Christian Lüscher
This study shows heroin activates specific dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area projecting to the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens, and manipulations of these neurons affect heroin reinforcement.
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