Role of netrin-1 in the organization and function of the mesocorticolimbic dopamine system

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 296-310

  Flores, Cecilia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CELL RECEPTOR; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; NETRIN 1; NETRIN 1 RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR; CELL FUNCTION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TARGET CELL; UPREGULATION;

EID: 79958255356     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.100171     Document Type: Review

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