Multiple Personalities in the Ventral Tegmental Area

作者:Borgkvist Anders; Mrejeru Ana; Sulzer David*
来源:Neuron, 2011, 70(5): 803-805.
DOI:10.1016/j.neuron.2011.05.024

摘要

A small number of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons engage in numerous and apparently contradictory functions how can this be? A clue is provided by Lammel and colleagues in this issue of Neuron: some VTA dopamine neurons display synaptic plasticity in response to cocaine, and others in response to pain, and these populations are distinguished by their axonal projections and lh.

  • 出版日期2011-6-9