Re: Benzodiazepines and dopamine

Posted by John Doughboy on May 10, 2008, at 18:21:01

In reply to Re: Benzodiazepines and dopamine » Amigan, posted by Phillipa on March 13, 2008, at 13:04:24

I know there are GABA receptors in the "pleasure centers" in the limbic system that control the release of dopamine, but I don't know exactly how that relates to benzos or tics in any practical sense.
I think one of the mechanisms by which opiates produce pleasure is by attaching to mu opioid receptors which inhibit these particular GABA receptors that inhibit the release of dopamine.

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