Dissociable mesolimbic dopamine circuits control responding triggered by alcohol-predictive discrete cues and contexts
Alcohol craving can be enhanced by alcohol-associated cues and by alcohol-associated contexts. Here the authors investigate the role of the ventral tegmental area (VTA)-to-nucleus accumbens (NAc) core and VTA-to-NAc shell circuits in mediating these distinct aspects of alcohol seeking behaviour in r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17543-4 |