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Differential Nicotinic Modulation of Glutamatergic and GABAergic VTA Microcircuits

Yijin Yan, Nicole A. Beckley, Veronica J. Kim and Ryan M. Drenan
eNeuro 19 November 2019, 6 (6) ENEURO.0298-19.2019; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0298-19.2019
Yijin Yan
2Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Nicole A. Beckley
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
2Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Veronica J. Kim
2Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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Ryan M. Drenan
1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
2Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0298-19.2019
PubMed 
31744841
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History 
  • Received July 31, 2019
  • Revision received October 1, 2019
  • Accepted October 30, 2019
  • Published online November 19, 2019.
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Copyright © 2019 Yan 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.

Author Information

  1. Yijin Yan2,
  2. Nicole A. Beckley1,2,
  3. Veronica J. Kim2 and
  4. Ryan M. Drenan1,2
  1. 1Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27101
  2. 2Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611
  1. Correspondence should be addressed to Ryan M. Drenan at Rdrenan{at}wakehealth.edu.
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Author contributions

  1. Author contributions: Y.Y. and R.M.D. designed research; Y.Y., N.A.B., and V.J.K. performed research; Y.Y. and R.M.D. analyzed data; R.M.D. wrote the paper.

Disclosures

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • This research was supported by Department of Health and Human Services | National Institutes of Health | National Institute on Drug Abuse Grant DA-035942 to R.M.D.

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  • HHS | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

    DA035942

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Yijin Yan, Nicole A. Beckley, Veronica J. Kim, Ryan M. Drenan
eNeuro 19 November 2019, 6 (6) ENEURO.0298-19.2019; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0298-19.2019
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