Selective prefrontal cortex inputs to dopamine cells: Implications for schizophrenia

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 513-517

  Sesack, Susan R ^a   Carr, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine neurons; Motor planning; Reward seeking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATION; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0036955771     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(02)00931-9     Document Type: Article

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