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Ventral tegmental areaDopaminergicNeuroscienceDopaminePrefrontal cortexSubstantia nigraPars compactaNeurochemicalPeriaqueductal grayBiologyPsychologyMidbrainCentral nervous system
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- 1991
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- review
- Volume
- 71
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 155-234
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- 1096
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Michel Le Moal,
H. Simon
(1991).
Mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic network: functional and regulatory roles.
Physiological Reviews
, 71
(1)
, 155-234.
https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.1991.71.1.155
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- DOI
- 10.1152/physrev.1991.71.1.155