Functional-anatomical implications of the nucleus accumbens core and shell subterritories

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 877, Issue , 1999, Pages 113-128

  Zahm, Daniel S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLOXY)ETHYL] 4 (3 PHENYLALLYL)PIPERAZINE; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 2 DIPROPYLAMINO 7 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3 ALLYL 6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3,4,4A,10B TETRAHYDRO 4 PROPYL 2H,5H [1]BENZOPYRANO[4,3 B][1,4]OXAZIN 9 OL; 3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6,7 DINITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPEROZIDE; AMPHETAMINE; CLOZAPINE; COCAINE; DIZOCILPINE; DOMPERIDONE; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID; HALOPERIDOL; MAZINDOL; NOMIFENSINE; OPIATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; QUINPIROLE; RACLOPRIDE; RISPERIDONE; RITANSERIN; SULPIRIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BODY MOVEMENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FACE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; MOUTH; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REWARD; SENSORY NERVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

EID: 0032773208     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09264.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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