Habitual responding for alcohol depends upon both AMPA and D2 receptor signaling in the dorsolateral striatum

Chronic alcohol self-administration leads to alcohol-seeking behavior that is habitual and insensitive to changes in the value of the earned alcohol. Such behavior has been shown to rely on the dorsolateral region of the striatum in rats but the specific pharmacological control of output from this r...

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Main Authors: Laura H. Corbit, Hong eNie, Patricia H. Janak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Subjects:
rat
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2014.00301/full