Effect of mNAc dopamine receptor inhibition on reward seeking and reward consumption. (IMAGE)

Kanazawa University

Effect of mNAc dopamine receptor inhibition on reward seeking and reward consumption.

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Figure 1: In the operant wheel running task, intra-mNAc administration of a D1 receptor antagonist reduced reward seeking and reward consumption (bottom left). Intra-mNAc administration of a D2 receptor antagonist reduced reward seeking (bottom right).

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Adapted from Nishitani et al. (2025), Neuropsychopharmacology, CC BY 4.0

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