Neuropeptides

Dynorphin / kappa-opioid receptor regulation of excitation-inhibition balance toggles afferent control of prefrontal cortical circuits in a pathway-specific manner
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) controls behavior via connections with limbic excitatory afferents that engage various inhibitory …
Hector E. Yarur, Sanne M. Casello, Valerie S. Tsai, Juan Enriquez-Traba, Rufina Kore, Huikun Wang, Miguel Arenivar, Hugo A. Tejeda
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Dissociable control of motivation and reinforcement by distinct ventral striatal dopamine receptors
Dopamine release in striatal circuits, including the nucleus accumbens (NAc), tracks separable features of reward such as motivation …
Juan Enriquez-Traba, Hector E. Yarur-Castillo, Rodolfo J. Flores, Tenley Weil, Snehashis Roy, Ted B. Usdin, Christina T. LaGamma, Miguel Arenivar, Huikun Wang, Valerie S. Tsai, Amy E. Moritz, David R. Sibley, Rosario Moratalla, Zachary Z. Freyberg, Hugo A. Tejeda
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