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Dopamine as chicken and egg

David Self ()
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David Self: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Nature, 2003, vol. 422, issue 6932, 573-574

Abstract: State-of-the-art technology has allowed pulses of the neurotransmitter dopamine to be measured on a subsecond timescale in the brains of rats. It seems that dopamine both precedes and follows the pursuit of rewards.

Date: 2003
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