Dopamine Neurons Control Striatal Cholinergic Neurons via Regionally Heterogeneous Dopamine and Glutamate Signaling

Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats.

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Amphetamine and apomorphine responses in the rat following 6-OHDA lesions of the nucleus accumbens septi and corpus striatum

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Phasic Firing in Dopaminergic Neurons Is Sufficient for Behavioral Conditioning

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Striatal Dopamine Release Is Triggered by Synchronized Activity in Cholinergic Interneurons

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