Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing the α6 subunit contribute to ethanol activation of ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons.

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Published in Biochem Pharmacol on June 26, 2013

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Liwang Liu1, Rubing Zhao-Shea, J Michael McIntosh, Andrew R Tapper

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1: Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01604, USA.

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