Hippocampus, amygdala, and stress: Interacting systems that affect susceptibility to addiction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 114-121

  Belujon, Pauline ^a   Grace, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Locus coeruleus norepinephrine system; Mesolimbic system; Nucleus accumbens; Ventral subiculum

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN; NORADRENALIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SENSITIZATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROMODULATION; STRESS; SUBICULUM;

EID: 79251512930     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2010.05896.x     Document Type: Article

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