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Decreased amphetamine-induced locomotion and improved latent inhibition in mice mutant for the M5 muscarinic receptor gene found in the human 15q schizophrenia region.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Dec 2004
Wang Haoran, Ng Karen, Hayes David, Gao Xiangrong, Forster Gina, Blaha Charles, Yeomans John
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M5 muscarinic receptors are coexpressed with D2 dopamine receptors in the ventral tegmentum and striatum, and are important for reward in rodents. Previously, we reported that disruption of the M5 receptor gene in mice reduced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. In this study, we establish...
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