M₅ muscarinic receptors mediate striatal dopamine activation by ventral tegmental morphine and pedunculopontine stimulation in mice.

Opiates, like other addictive drugs, elevate forebrain dopamine levels and are thought to do so mainly by inhibiting GABA neurons near the ventral tegmental area (VTA), in turn leading to a disinhibition of dopamine neurons. However, cholinergic inputs from the laterodorsal (LDT) and pedunculopontin...

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Main Authors: Stephan Steidl, Anthony D Miller, Charles D Blaha, John S Yeomans
格式: Article
語言:English
出版: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
叢編:PLoS ONE
在線閱讀:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3216953?pdf=render