The role of nucleus accumbens core/shell in sleep-wake regulation and their involvement in modafinil-induced arousal.

BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that modafinil promotes wakefulness via dopamine receptor D(1) and D(2) receptors; however, the locus where dopamine acts has not been identified. We proposed that the nucleus accumbens (NAc) that receives the ventral tegmental area dopamine inputs play an import...

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Main Authors: Mei-Hong Qiu, Wei Liu, Wei-Min Qu, Yoshihiro Urade, Jun Lu, Zhi-Li Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3446879?pdf=render