A conductor hidden in the orchestra? Role of the habenular complex in monoamine transmission and cognition

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 658-672

  Lecourtier, Lucas ^a   Kelly, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Attention; Dopamine; Habenula; Learning; Memory; Noradrenaline; Plasticity; Schizophrenia; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; MONOAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

AMNESIA; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITION; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FOREBRAIN; HABENULA; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MEMORY; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY NERVE; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; COGNITION; HABENULA; HUMANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34247637934     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2007.01.004     Document Type: Review

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