Functional topography of midbrain and pontine serotonergic systems: Implications for synaptic regulation of serotonergic circuits

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 213, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 243-264

  Hale, Matthew W ^a   Lowry, Christopher A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HT; 5 Hydroxytryptamine; Anatomy; Hodology; Raphe; Serotonin; Topography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EFFERENT NERVE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PONTINE NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MESENCEPHALON; PONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONIN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79952486175     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-2089-z     Document Type: Review

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