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Morphine selectively promotes glutamate release from glutamatergic terminals of projection neurons from medial prefrontal cortex to dopamine neurons of ventral tegmental area
Li Chun Yang, Ming Chen, Ping Zheng
This study shows morphine selectively enhances glutamate release from mPFC to VTA DA neuron terminals, but not from BLA or LH, and this effect reduces morphine-induced locomotor activity.
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