The neurobiology of trichotillomania

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 47-51

  Stein, Dan J ^a   O'Sullivan, Richard L ^a   Van Heerden, Barend ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^a   Niehaus, Dana ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HORMONE; OPIATE RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; TRICHOTILLOMANIA;

EID: 0032461857     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900006490     Document Type: Review

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