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ArticleNature communications2025

VTA monosynaptic connections by local glutamate and GABA neurons and their distinct roles in behavior.

M Flavia Barbano, Huiling Wang, Shiliang Zhang, Alexey V Shevelkin, Kevin J Yu, Christopher T Richie, Bing Liu, Suyun Hahn, Rong Ye, Marisela Morales

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

M Flavia Barbano *Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-3592
Huiling Wang *Integrative Neuroscience Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Shiliang Zhang *Confocal and Electron Microscopy Core, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8414-6178
Alexey V ShevelkinConfocal and Electron Microscopy Core, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Kevin J YuConfocal and Electron Microscopy Core, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christopher T RichieGenetic Engineering and Viral Vector Core, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7944-4928
Bing LiuIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Suyun HahnIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7478-6734
Rong YeConfocal and Electron Microscopy Core, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Marisela MoralesIntegrative Neuroscience Research Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. maria.barbano@nih.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3845-9402

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine neurons have been implicated in diverse behaviors. These VTA

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PMID41006220
PMCPMC12475231

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