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The idea that cocaine's reinforcing effects are due to its action at the dopamine transporter is challenged by a new finding that mice lacking this protein self-administer cocaine.
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Caine, S. Cocaine abuse: hard knocks for the dopamine hypothesis?. Nat Neurosci 1, 90–92 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/335
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