opioids selectively control dopaminergic neurons projecting to the prefrontal cortex
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*Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of California at San Francisco, Emeryville, CA 94608; ‡Integrative Neuroscience Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, 5500 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224; and §Departments of Neurology and Physiology and The Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-0114
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