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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 7.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Nov 1;141(3):283–299. doi: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2013.10.011

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Circuitry underlying ethanol addiction as controlled by NOP receptors. The diagram represents neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and electrophysiological evidence describing modulation of mesocortical and mesolimbic dopamine circuits by NOP receptors, and their relationship to KOP and MOP receptors. Blue ovals = nuclei; ↑ = excitatory connection; T = inhibitory connection. Abbreviations: NOP, nociceptin opioid receptor; MOP, mu opioid receptor; KOP, kappa opioid receptor; VTA, ventral tegmental area, NAcc, nucleus accumbens; BNST, bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; GABA, g-aminobutyric acid; CRF = corticotropin releasing factor.