Nicotine inhibits the VTA-to-amygdala dopamine pathway to promote anxiety

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β2* nAChRs on VTA dopamine and GABA neurons separately mediate nicotine aversion and reward

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Kv7.4 Channel Contribute to Projection-Specific Auto-Inhibition of Dopamine Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area

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A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor Enables Rapid and Specific Detection of Dopamine in Flies, Fish, and Mice

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Nucleus Accumbens Subnuclei Regulate Motivated Behavior via Direct Inhibition and Disinhibition of VTA Dopamine Subpopulations

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Nicotine aversion is mediated by GABAergic interpeduncular nucleus inputs to laterodorsal tegmentum

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Mapping projections of molecularly defined dopamine neuron subtypes using intersectional genetic approaches

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A Neural Circuit Mechanism for Encoding Aversive Stimuli in the Mesolimbic Dopamine System

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Nicotinic receptors mediate stress-nicotine detrimental interplay via dopamine cells’ activity

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Anxiety and Nicotine Dependence: Emerging Role of the Habenulo-Interpeduncular Axis

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The Emergence of a Circuit Model for Addiction

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Nicotine modulation of fear memories and anxiety: Implications for learning and anxiety disorders

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Circuit Architecture of VTA Dopamine Neurons Revealed by Systematic Input-Output Mapping

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A Subpopulation of Neurochemically-Identified Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons Is Excited by Intravenous Cocaine

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Sufficiency of Mesolimbic Dopamine Neuron Stimulation for the Progression to Addiction

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Multiple Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Subtypes in the Mouse Amygdala Regulate Affective Behaviors and Response to Social Stress

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A concurrent excitation and inhibition of dopaminergic subpopulations in response to nicotine

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Direct Bidirectional  -Opioid Control of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

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Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin

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Activation of GABAergic Neurons in the Interpeduncular Nucleus Triggers Physical Nicotine Withdrawal Symptoms

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Nicotine consumption is regulated by a human polymorphism in dopamine neurons

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Nicotine Decreases Ethanol-Induced Dopamine Signaling and Increases Self-Administration via Stress Hormones

(2013) William M. Doyon et al.   NEURON

Molecules and circuits involved in nicotine addiction: The many faces of smoking

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Co-activation of VTA DA and GABA neurons mediates nicotine reinforcement

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Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

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Whole-Brain Mapping of Direct Inputs to Midbrain Dopamine Neurons

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Increased Dopamine Receptor Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens Shell Ameliorates Anxiety during Drug Withdrawal

(2012) Anna K Radke et al.   NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

Phasic D1 and tonic D2 dopamine receptor signaling double dissociate the motivational effects of acute nicotine and chronic nicotine withdrawal

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Are you or aren’t you? Challenges associated with physiologically identifying dopamine neurons

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Universal Real-Time PCR for the Detection and Quantification of Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 2-Derived Inverted Terminal Repeat Sequences

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Habenular α5 nicotinic receptor subunit signalling controls nicotine intake

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Ultra light-sensitive and fast neuronal activation with the Ca2+-permeable channelrhodopsin CatCh

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Aversion to Nicotine Is Regulated by the Balanced Activity of β4 and α5 Nicotinic Receptor Subunits in the Medial Habenula

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Nicotine-Mediated Activation of Dopaminergic Neurons in Distinct Regions of the Ventral Tegmental Area

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Nicotine addiction and nicotinic receptors: lessons from genetically modified mice

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Dopaminergic Signaling Mediates the Motivational Response Underlying the Opponent Process to Chronic but Not Acute Nicotine

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Phasic excitation of dopamine neurons in ventral VTA by noxious stimuli

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Midbrain Dopamine Neurons: Projection Target Determines Action Potential Duration and Dopamine D2 Receptor Inhibition

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Unique Properties of Mesoprefrontal Neurons within a Dual Mesocorticolimbic Dopamine System

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