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Functional Pharmacology of Basal Forebrain Dopamine

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Several regions within the basal forebrain are known to be terminal sites for ascending fibers originating within the dopaminergic midbrain. Of concern in this chapter is a region only recently considered dopaminoceptive: the infracommis-sural extension of the external segment of the dorsal globus pallidus, i.e., the ventral pallidum (VP) and its caudal extension, the sublenticular substantia innominata (SI). The literature establishing dopamine (DA) as a neurotransmitter within the VP/SI has been overviewed elsewhere (Napier et al., 199la) and only a brief highlight will be discussed here.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, 27710, Durham, NC, USA

    Edward D. Levin

  2. Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL, 60064, USA

    Michael W. Decker

  3. Laboratory of Chemical Neuroanatomy, Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90024-1563, USA

    Larry L. Butcher

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Napier, T.C. (1992). Functional Pharmacology of Basal Forebrain Dopamine. In: Levin, E.D., Decker, M.W., Butcher, L.L. (eds) Neurotransmitter Interactions and Cognitive Function. Birkhäuser Boston. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9843-5_4

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