Serotonergic systems, anxiety, and affective disorder: Focus on the dorsomedial part of the dorsal raphe nucleus

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1148, Issue , 2008, Pages 86-94

  Lowry, Christopher A ^a,b   Hale, Matthew W ^a   Evans, Andrew K ^a   Heerkens, Jasper ^b   Staub, Daniel R ^b   Gasser, Paul J ^b   Shekhar, Anantha ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dorsal raphe; Serotonin; Serotonin transporter; Stress; TPH2; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MESENCEPHALON; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SUICIDE;

EID: 57649155892     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1410.004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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