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P W Kalivas, C B Nemeroff, A J Prange.
Abstract
Immunohistofluorescent neurotensin (NT) is found in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), and bilateral injection of NT into the VTA produces an increase in exploratory behaviors. The VTA also contains dopaminergic cell bodies with axonal projections to the nucleus accumbens. In this study it was shown that bilateral microinjection of NT (4.0 micrograms/side) into the nucleus accumbens blocked the behavioral hyperactivity produced by intra-VTA injection of NT (2.5 micrograms/side).Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 7075680 DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(82)90491-5
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Pharmacol ISSN: 0014-2999 Impact factor: 4.432