Functional and Dysfunctional Synaptic Plasticity in Prefrontal Cortex: Roles in Psychiatric Disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-207

  Goto, Yukiori ^a   Yang, Charles R ^b   Otani, Satoru ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; dopamine; glutamate; prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COGNITION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANNING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SYNAPSES;

EID: 73549097504     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.026     Document Type: Review

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