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Optogenetically Evoked Accumbal Dopamine Transients Are Sufficient to Drive Locomotor Sensitization and Cross-Sensitization to Cocaine
Eva Xia Wang, Agnès Hiver, Laurena Python…·Vincent Pascoli
This study shows that repeated optogenetic activation of dopamine neurons induces locomotor sensitization and cross-sensitization to cocaine, demonstrating dopamine's role in behavioral plasticity.
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