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Adolescent vs. adult-onset nicotine self-administration in male rats: Duration of effect and differential nicotinic receptor correlates

Edward D. Levin, S Lawrence, Ann Petro, Kofi Horton, Amir H. Rezvani, Frederic J. Seidler, Theodore A. Slotkin

Neurotoxicology and Teratology · 2007 · 147 citations · 34 references

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Gemma A. Calvert, Edward T. Bullmore, Michael Brammer et al. · 1997 · 1.4K citations

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Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine

Marina R. Picciotto, Michèle Zoli, Roberto Rimondini et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1.3K citations

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A subtype of nicotinic cholinergic receptor in rat brain is composed of alpha 4 and beta 2 subunits and is up-regulated by chronic nicotine treatment.

C M Flores, S W Rogers, L A Pabreza et al. · Molecular Pharmacology · 1992 · 875 citations

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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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Nicotine amplifies reward-related dopamine signals in striatum

Margaret E. Rice, Stephanie J. Cragg · Nature Neuroscience · 2004 · 605 citations

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