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Transcriptional plasticity of ventral tegmental area neurons induced after cessation of chronic cocaine exposure is required for incubation of cocaine seeking
Arthy Narayanan, Kendyl N. Laumann, Aaron T Halvorsen…·Anne E. West
The paper investigates transcriptional changes in VTA neurons after chronic cocaine cessation and their role in relapse, finding that BDNF transcription is causally linked to cocaine seeking.