Peter Nielson

Oct 26, 2024 | scholarsarchive.byu.edu | Peter Nielson |Scott C. Steffensen |Brigham Young

Keywordsnicotine, plasticity, glutamate neurotransmission, midbrain GABA neuronsCollegeFamily, Home, and Social SciencesAbstractIn order to further the knowledge of physiological contributions to addiction, this project’s purpose was to elucidate the neuronal processes involved in nicotine (NIC) addiction. We studied its effects on critical neuronal substrates in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), an area of the midbrain implicated in drug reinforcement.