Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons co-release GABA and promote positive reinforcement

Ventral tegmental area glutamate neurons co-release GABA and promote positive reinforcement

Ventral tegmental area (VTA) is involved in reward behaviours, but the precise contribution of VTA glutamatergic neurons to this process is not known. Here the authors show that phasic but not sustained optogenetic stimulation of VTA glutamatergic neurons is rewarding and involves co-release of GABA...

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Main Authors: Ji Hoon Yoo, Vivien Zell, Navarre Gutierrez-Reed, Johnathan Wu, Reed Ressler, Mohammad Ali Shenasa, Alexander B. Johnson, Kathryn H. Fife, Lauren Faget, Thomas S. Hnasko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13697

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