Kappa-opioid receptor agonists increase
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Neill R. Hughes; Alexander T. McKnight; Geoffrey N. Woodruff; Michael P. Hill; A
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Excessive glutamate transmission in the basal ganglia is a major factor in the neural mechanisms underlying parkinsonian akinesia. Activation of K opioid receptors causes a presynaptic reduction in glutamate release. K opioid receptors are concentrated in those regions of the basal gang