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An indirect resilience to addiction

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What makes certain individuals more vulnerable to drug abuse than others? A study finds that potentiation of glutamatergic inputs to nucleus accumbens indirect pathway neurons may protect against compulsive drug-seeking.

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Figure 1: Stronger glutamate input to indirect pathway neurons decreases motivation to work for cocaine.

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