Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Mesolimbic Pathway: Primary Role of Ventral Tegmental Area  6 2* Receptors in Mediating Systemic Nicotine Effects on Dopamine Release, Locomotion, and Reinforcement

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Dopamine Release ◽

Primary Role ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Mesolimbic Pathway ◽

Area 6 ◽

Ventral tegmental area α6β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors modulate phasic dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens core

Psychopharmacology ◽

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2013 ◽

Vol 229 (1) ◽

pp. 73-82 ◽

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Author(s):

Robert Wickham ◽

Wojciech Solecki ◽

Liza Rathbun ◽

J. Michael McIntosh ◽

Nii A. Addy

Keyword(s):

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Dopamine Release ◽

Nucleus Accumbens Core ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Accumbens Core

Functional Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing 6 Subunits Are on GABAergic Neuronal Boutons Adherent to Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons

Journal of Neuroscience ◽

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2011 ◽

Vol 31 (7) ◽

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Author(s):

K. Yang ◽

L. Buhlman ◽

G. M. Khan ◽

R. A. Nichols ◽

G. Jin ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Dopamine Neurons ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Nicotine enhances responding for conditioned reinforcement via α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the ventral tegmental area, but not the nucleus accumbens or the prefrontal cortex

Neuropharmacology ◽

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Vol 148 ◽

pp. 68-76 ◽

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Author(s):

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Paul J. Fletcher

Keyword(s):

Prefrontal Cortex ◽

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Conditioned Reinforcement ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

The α5 Subunit Regulates the Expression and Function of α4*-Containing Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Ventral-Tegmental Area

PLoS ONE ◽

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2013 ◽

Vol 8 (7) ◽

pp. e68300 ◽

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Nathan Santos ◽

Joan Holgate ◽

Carolina L. Haass-Koffler ◽

F. Woodward Hopf ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

And Function

Nicotine Persistently Activates Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Neurons via Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Containing α4 and α6 Subunits

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Rubing Zhao-Shea ◽

J. Michael McIntosh ◽

Paul D. Gardner ◽

Andrew R. Tapper

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Dopaminergic Neurons ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in the Ventral Tegmental Area are Important Targets for Nicotine and Ethanol Co-dependence

Biochemistry & Pharmacology Open Access ◽

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Author(s):

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Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of the ventral tegmental area are involved in mediating morphine-state-dependent learning

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Author(s):

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Niloufar Darbandi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

State Dependent Learning ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

State Dependent ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Dependent Learning

TC-2559 excites dopaminergic neurones in the ventral tegmental area by stimulating α 4β 2-like nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in anaesthetised rats

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Author(s):

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John L Sherwood ◽

Colin P Miles ◽

Gary Whiffin ◽

David Lodge

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Anaesthetised Rats

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the ventral tegmental area mediate the dopamine activating and reinforcing properties of ethanol cues

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...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Contribution of dihydro-beta-erythroidine sensitive nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the ventral tegmental area to cocaine-induced behavioral sensitization in rats

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Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptors ◽

Behavioral Sensitization ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽