Rats and Cocaine Reward (IMAGE)

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Rats and Cocaine Reward

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This cartoon depicts how a single-point (mGluR2) gene mutation alters a rat's sensitivity to cocaine reward and the subsequent drug-taking and drug-seeking behavior.

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Zheng-Xiong Xi and Lauren Brick

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