nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expressed_in ventral tegmental area

Subject: nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Relation: expressed_in
Object: ventral tegmental area
p-value: —

Evidence from: primary | all sources

Evidence (1 sources)

Pharmacogenetics of smoking cessation: role of nicotine target and metabolism genes. (2012) PMID:22290489 cited

Via nAChRs, nicotine activates both dopamine and GABA neurons of the ventral tegmental area

confidence: 0.85