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Abstract
Electrical stimulation of nucleus accumbens inhibited the activity of neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Inhibition was potentiated by nipecotic acid, a GABA uptake inhibitor, and was attenuated by picrotoxin, a GABA antagonist. Four units inhibited by nucleus accumbens stimulation were also antidromically activated. These observations suggest that neurons in the VTA, including specifically those projecting to the nucleus accumbens, receive a descending GABAergic input from that area.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 7417797 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(80)90705-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Res ISSN: 0006-8993 Impact factor: 3.252