| SUD | Substance Use Disorder |
| ACh | Acetylcholine |
| DA | Dopamine |
| VTA | Ventral Tegmental Area |
| SN | Substantia Nigra |
| DR | Dopamine Receptor |
| cAMP | Cyclic Amp |
| PD | Parkinson’s Disease |
| RPE | Reward Prediction Error |
| NAc | Nucleus Accumbens |
| DLS | Dorsolateral Striatum |
| VMS | Ventromedial Striatum |
| CIN | Cholinergic Interneuron |
| mAChR | Muscarinic Acetylcholine Receptor |
| nAChR | Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor |
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