The lateral habenula: No longer neglected

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 484-489

  Geisler, Stefanie ^a   Trimble, Michael ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EFFERENT NERVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HABENULA; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 46949092132     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1092852900016710     Document Type: Review

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