Oxytocin mobilizes midbrain dopamine toward sociality
Oxytocin and dopamine possess significant overlap in the modulation of life-essential behaviors. Here, Xiao et al. (2017) show that the activity of dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area and the substantia nigra is finely tuned by axonal release of oxytocin.
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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19 July 2017
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Neuron
Year: 2017, Jahrgang: 95, Heft: 2, Pages: 235-237 |
| ISSN: | 1097-4199 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.07.002 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.07.002 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627317306049 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Alexandre Charlet and Valery Grinevich |
| Zusammenfassung: | Oxytocin and dopamine possess significant overlap in the modulation of life-essential behaviors. Here, Xiao et al. (2017) show that the activity of dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area and the substantia nigra is finely tuned by axonal release of oxytocin. |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1097-4199 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.neuron.2017.07.002 |