Title : Nicotine modulates the long-lasting storage of fear memory.

Pub. Date : 2013 Feb 15

PMID : 23418390






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1 Using pharmacological and behavioral tools, we found that alpha7-nAChR-mediated cholinergic interactions between the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and the medial prefrontal cortex modulate the duration of fear-motivated memories, maybe by regulating the activation state of VTA-hippocampus dopamine connections. Dopamine cholinergic receptor nicotinic alpha 4 subunit Homo sapiens