Title : Dopamine D₂ and acetylcholine α7 nicotinic receptors have subcellular distributions favoring mediation of convergent signaling in the mouse ventral tegmental area.

Pub. Date : 2013 Nov 12

PMID : 23954803






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1 Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (alpha7nAChRs) mediate nicotine-induced burst-firing of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a limbic brain region critically involved in reward and in dopamine D2 receptor (D2R)-related cortical dysfunctions associated with psychosis. Nicotine dopamine receptor D2 Mus musculus