Role for M5 muscarinic acetylcholine rec
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Anders Fink-Jensen; Irina Fedorova; Gitta WΓΆrtwein; David P. D. Woldbye; ThΓΈger
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Muscarinic cholinergic receptors of the M 5 subtype are expressed by dopamine-containing neurons of the ventral tegmentum. These M 5 receptors modulate the activity of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, which play an important role in mediating reinforcing properties of abused psychostimulants like coca