Do striatal push/pull circuits hold the key to compulsive, relapsing heroin addiction?

A Research Highlight on: Chemogenetic modulation of accumbens direct or indirect pathways bidirectionally alters reinstatement of heroin-seeking in high- but not low-risk rats, by O’Neal et al. (2019)

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We would like to thank Dr. Yavin Shaham for his insightful comments on this manuscript.

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James, M.H., Mahler, S.V. Do striatal push/pull circuits hold the key to compulsive, relapsing heroin addiction?. Neuropsychopharmacol. (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41386-020-0615-1

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