a(MESH:Nicotine) decreases p(MESH:"Receptors, GABA")
By activating the α4β2 receptors on inhibitory GABAergic inputs to the VTA or GABAergic interneurons, smoked concentrations of nicotine transiently increase the release of GABA and subse- quently depress it for about one hour
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