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Research ArticleResearch Article: Confirmation, Cognition and Behavior

Viral Tracing Confirms Paranigral Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Inputs to the Interpeduncular Nucleus Where Dopamine Release Encodes Motivated Exploration

Susanna Molas, Rubing Zhao-Shea, Timothy G. Freels and Andrew R. Tapper
eNeuro 4 January 2023, 10 (1) ENEURO.0282-22.2022; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0282-22.2022
Susanna Molas
Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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Rubing Zhao-Shea
Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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Timothy G. Freels
Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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Andrew R. Tapper
Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
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https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0282-22.2022
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36599671
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  • Received July 12, 2022
  • Revision received December 7, 2022
  • Accepted December 20, 2022
  • Published online January 4, 2023.
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Copyright © 2023 Molas et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.

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  1. Susanna Molas*,
  2. Rubing Zhao-Shea*,
  3. Timothy G. Freels and
  4. Andrew R. Tapper
  1. Department of Neurobiology, Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Andrew R. Tapper at andrew.tapper{at}umassmed.edu.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: S.M., R.Z.-S., T.G.F., and A.R.T. designed research; S.M. and R.Z.-S. performed research; S.M., R.Z.-S., T.G.F., and A.R.T. analyzed data; S.M., R.Z.-S., and A.R.T. wrote the paper.

  2. ↵* S.M. and R.Z.-S. equally contributed to this work.

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  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This work was supported by National Institute on Drug Abuse Grants DA-041482 (A.R.T.) and DA-047678 (A.R.T.), and a Brain and Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Award (S.M.). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.

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Viral Tracing Confirms Paranigral Ventral Tegmental Area Dopaminergic Inputs to the Interpeduncular Nucleus Where Dopamine Release Encodes Motivated Exploration
Susanna Molas, Rubing Zhao-Shea, Timothy G. Freels, Andrew R. Tapper
eNeuro 4 January 2023, 10 (1) ENEURO.0282-22.2022; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0282-22.2022

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