Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

Stephan Lammel; Byung Kook Lim; Chen Ran; Kee Wui Huang; Michael J. Betley; Kay M. Tye; Karl Deisseroth; Robert C. Malenka

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journal article Oct 14, 2012

Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

Stephan Lammel Byung Kook Lim

Chen Ran Kee Wui Huang Michael J. Betley Kay M. Tye

Karl Deisseroth

Robert C. Malenka

Nature Vol. 491 No. 7423 pp. 212-217 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Oct 14, 2012
Vol/Issue: 491(7423)
Pages: 212-217
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State Key Laboratory of Environmental Geochemistry Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences Guiyang China

Departments of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Psychiatry, The University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143; and Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544

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Stephan Lammel, Byung Kook Lim, Chen Ran, et al. (2012). Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area. Nature, 491(7423), 212-217. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11527

Input-specific control of reward and aversion in the ventral tegmental area

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