ArticleDrug and alcohol dependence reports2023
Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 expression in the ventral tegmental area of outbred male rats following exposure to nicotine and alcohol.
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- Adolescent nicotine exposure and persistent neurocircuitry changes: unveiling lifelong psychiatric risks.Molecular psychiatry · 2025Review
- Drugs of abuse drive neurotransmitter plasticity that alters behavior: implications for mental health.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Review
- Effects of isolation stress and voluntary ethanol exposure during adolescence on ethanol and nicotine co-use in adulthood using male rats.Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Initiation of use/co-use of nicotine and alcohol, commonly occurring in an episodic manner during adolescence, can imprint vulnerability to the developing brain and lead to addiction. The ventral tegmental area (VTA) is a key heterogeneous region of the mesocorticolimbic circuit involved in the binge-drinking and intoxication step of the addiction circuit. Higher human post-mortem VTA expression of Methods: The present study aimed to map and characterize the Results: The profile of neurons varied with substance-exposure among VTA subregions. Conclusions: VTA
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