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Neuronal representation of individual heroin choices in the orbitofrontal cortex

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Knockdown of ventral tegmental area mu-opioid receptors in rats prevents effects of social defeat stress: Implications for amphetamine cross-sensitization, social avoidance, weight regulation and expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor

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Glucocorticoid Homeostasis in the Dentate Gyrus Is Essential for Opiate Withdrawal-Associated Memories

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HCN channel inhibitor induces ketamine-like rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in chronic social defeat stress model

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Self-Administration of Ethanol, Cocaine, or Nicotine Does Not Decrease the Soma Size of Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons

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Altered Acoustic Startle Reflex, Prepulse Inhibition, and Peripheral Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor in Morphine Self-Administered Rats

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Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor predominantly regulates the expression of synapse‐related genes in the striatum: Insights from in vitro transcriptomics

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Effects of Compound 511 on BDNF-TrkB Signaling in the Mice Ventral Tegmental Area in Morphine-Induced Conditioned Place Preference

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Transcriptional signatures of fentanyl use in the mouse ventral tegmental area

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Mesoaccumbens dopamine signaling alteration underlies behavioral transition from tolerance to sensitization to morphine rewarding properties during morphine withdrawal

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