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Neuroadaptive changes in the mesoaccumbens dopamine system after chronic nicotine self-administration: A microdialysis study

Shafiqur Rahman, J. Zhang, Eric A. Engleman, W. Corrigall

Neuroscience · 2004 · 111 citations · 48 references

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The mesolimbic dopaminergic system is implicated in the reinforcing effects of nicotine

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Self-administered nicotine activates the mesolimbic dopamine system through the ventral tegmental area

William A. Corrigall, Kathleen M. Coen, Kathryn Adamson · Brain Research · 1994 · 741 citations

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