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Hyperactivity, elevated dopaminergic transmission, and response to amphetamine in M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor-deficient mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 18 Dec 2001
Gerber D J, Sotnikova T D, Gainetdinov R R, Huang S Y, Caron M G, Tonegawa S
Abstract excerpt
Acetylcholine serves an important modulatory role in the central nervous system. Pharmacological evidence has suggested that cholinergic activity can modulate central dopaminergic transmission; however, the nature of this interaction and the receptors involved remain undefined. In this study we have generated mice lacking the M1 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor and examined the effects of M1 deletion on...
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