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Alcohol - University of Colorado Boulder

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Ethanol<br />

• Ethanol acts as a positive enforcer<br />

o increases firing in the ventral tegmental<br />

area (VTA)<br />

o elevates extracellular DA concentrations in<br />

the nucleus accumbens (NAc)<br />

• VTA and NAc both function in the reward<br />

pathway<br />

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