Multiple Choice
All of the following are ways that opioid agonists can increase dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens except binding to:
A) opioid receptors on dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area.
B) opioid receptors on GABA neurons in the ventral tegmental area.
C) opioid receptors on GABA neurons in the nucleus accumbens.
D) opioid receptors on GABA neurons in the nucleus accumbens that terminate in the ventral tegmental area.
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