Microcircuits in nucleus accumbens' shell and core involved in cognition and reward

Psychobiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-186

  Meredith, Gloria E ^a,c   Totterdell, Susan ^b  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DENDRITE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; REWARD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032794758     PISSN: 08896313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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