Endocannabinoids and the processing of value-related signals

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Miriam eMelis (Author), Anna Lisa eMuntoni (Author), Marco ePistis (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Frontiers Media S.A., 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Endocannabinoids serve as retrograde signaling molecules at many synapses within the CNS, particularly GABAergic and glutamatergic synapses. Synapses onto midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) make no exception to this rule. In fact, the effects of cannabinoids on dopami...