Opioids excite dopamine neurons by hyperpolarization of local interneurons
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Opioids excite dopamine neurons by hyperpolarization of local interneurons.
Increased activity of dopamine-containing neurons in the ventral tegmental area is necessary for the reinforcing effects of opioids and other abused drugs. Intracellular recordings from these cells in slices of rat brain in vitro showed that opioids do not affect the principal (dopamine-containing) neurons but hyperpolarize secondary (GABA-containing) interneurons. Experiments with agonists and...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.12-02-00483.1992