Mechanical stimulation of cervical vertebrae modulates the discharge activity of ventral tegmental area neurons and dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

Background: Growing evidence suggests that mechanical stimulation modulates substrates in the supraspinal central nervous system (CNS) outside the canonical somatosensory circuits.Objective/Methods: We evaluate mechanical stimulation applied to the cervical spine at the C7-T1 level (termed “MStim”)...

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Main Authors: Kyle B. Bills, J.Daniel Obray, Travis Clarke, Mandy Parsons, James Brundage, Chae Ha Yang, Hee Young Kim, Jordan T. Yorgason, Jonathan D. Blotter, Scott C. Steffensen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
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VTA
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X1930470X