Heterogeneous processing of amygdala and hippocampal inputs in the rostral and caudal subregions of the nucleus accumbens

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1301-1314

  Gill, Kathryn M ^a   Grace, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; depression; dopamine; hippocampus; nucleus accumbens; plasticity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; SULPIRIDE; TETRODOTOXIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRIVE; EMOTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SUBICULUM; THETA RHYTHM;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SULPIRIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80055020598     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145710001586     Document Type: Article

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