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To determine whether lesions in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) alter the activity of midbrain dopamine (DA) neurons, single unit recordings were made from DA neurons in control and lesioned rats. PFC lesions, obtained by local injection of ibotenic acid into the medial PFC, had no effect on either firing rate or bursting activity of DA neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). However, the number...