The Effect of Repeated Exposure to Unpredictable Reward on Dopamine Neuroplasticity
Drugs of abuse elicit dopamine release unconditionally, sensitizing the reward system to drugs and drug-associated stimuli resulting in compulsive drug-seeking and drug-taking behaviour. It has been discovered that these same dopamine neurons consistently respond to natural rewards when the reward d...
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| Language: | en_ca |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/18915 |