Maskos, Uwe

Nicotine reinforcement and cognition restored by targeted expression of nicotinic receptors

Maskos, U., Molles, B. E., Pons, S., Besson, M., Guiard, B. P., Guilloux, J.-P., Evrard, A., Cazala, P., Cormier, A., Mameli-Engvall, M., et al. (2005) · Nature

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Crucial role of α4 and α6 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunits from ventral tegmental area in systemic nicotine self-administration

Pons, S., Fattore, L., Cossu, G., Tolu, S., Porcu, E., McIntosh, J. M., Changeux, J. P., Maskos, U., & Fratta, W. (2008) · The Journal of Neuroscience

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Hierarchical Control of Dopamine Neuron-Firing Patterns by Nicotinic Receptors

Mameli-Engvall, M., Evrard, A., Pons, S., Maskos, U., Svensson, T. H., Changeux, J.-P., & Faure, P. (2006) · Neuron

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Aversion to Nicotine Is Regulated by the Balanced Activity of β4 and α5 Nicotinic Receptor Subunits in the Medial Habenula

Frahm, S., Ślimak, M. A., Ferrarese, L., Santos-Torres, J., Antolin-Fontes, B., Auer, S., Filkin, S., Pons, S., Fontaine, J.-F., Tsetlin, V., et al. (2011) · Neuron

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Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor β2 subunits in the medial prefrontal cortex control attention

Guillem, K., Bloem, B., Poorthuis, R. B., Loos, M., Smit, A. B., Maskos, U., Spijker, S., & Mansvelder, H. D. (2011) · Science

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Distinct contributions of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit α4 and subunit α6 to the reinforcing effects of nicotine

Exley, R., Maubourguet, N., David, V., Eddine, R., Evrard, A., Pons, S., Marti, F., Threlfell, S., Cazala, P., McIntosh, J. M., et al. (2011) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Co-activation of VTA DA and GABA neurons mediates nicotine reinforcement

Tolu, S., Eddine, R., Marti, F., David, V, Graupner, M., Pons, S., Baudonnat, M., Husson, M., Besson, M., Reperant, C., et al. (2013) · Molecular Psychiatry

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The cholinergic mesopontine tegmentum is a relatively neglected nicotinic master modulator of the dopaminergic system: relevance to drugs of abuse and pathology

Maskos, U. (2008) · British Journal of Pharmacology

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Nicotine inhibits the VTA-to-amygdala dopamine pathway to promote anxiety

Nguyen, C., Mondoloni, S., Le Borgne, T., Centeno, I., Come, M., Jehl, J., Solié, C., Reynolds, L. M., Durand-de Cuttoli, R., Tolu, S., et al. (2021) · Neuron

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Nicotine consumption is regulated by a human polymorphism in dopamine neurons

Morel, C., Fattore, L., Pons, S., Hay, Y. A., Marti, F., Lambolez, B., De Biasi, M., Lathrop, M., Fratta, W., Maskos, U., et al. (2014) · Molecular Psychiatry

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Prefrontal nicotinic receptors control novel social interaction between mice

Avale, M. E., Chabout, J., Pons, S., Serreau, P., De Chaumont, F., Olivo‐Marin, J., Bourgeois, J., Maskos, U., Changeux, J., & Granon, S. (2011) · The FASEB Journal

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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors-Alpha Modulate Dopamine Cell Activity Through Nicotinic Receptors

Melis, M., Carta, S., Fattore, L., Tolu, S., Yasar, S., Goldberg, S. R., Fratta, W., Maskos, U., & Pistis, M. (2010) · Biological Psychiatry

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Nicotinic receptors in the ventral tegmental area promote uncertainty-seeking

Naudé, J., Tolu, S., Dongelmans, M., Torquet, N., Valverde, S., Rodriguez, G., Pons, S., Maskos, U., Mourot, A., Marti, F., et al. (2016) · Nature Neuroscience

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Nicotinic receptors in mouse prefrontal cortex modulate ultraslow fluctuations related to conscious processing

Koukouli, F., Rooy, M., Changeux, J.-P., & Maskos, U. (2016) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Impact of the gut microbiome on nicotine’s motivational effects and glial cells in the ventral tegmental area in male mice

Lakosa, A., Rahimian, A., Tomasi, F., Marti, F., Reynolds, L. M., Tochon, L., David, V., Danckaert, A., Canonne, C., Tahraoui, S., et al. (2023) · Neuropsychopharmacology

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