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Diminished role of dopamine D1-receptor signaling with the development of an addicted phenotype in rats.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jul 2014
Ramôa Carolina P, Doyle Susan E, Lycas Matthew D, Chernau Andrea K, Lynch Wendy J
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BACKGROUND: Although considerable evidence implicates dopamine D1-receptor signaling in the nucleus accumbens in motivation for cocaine during early stages of addiction, less is known with regard to its role after the development of addiction. Here, we examined its role in the development of an addicted phenotype in intact male and female rats, and in female rats that were either resistant or vulnerable to...
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