Nicotine-Mediated Activation of Dopaminergic Neurons in Distinct Regions of the Ventral Tegmental Area
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- 2 February 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Neuropsychopharmacology
- Vol. 36 (5), 1021-1032
- https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2010.240
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