Serotonergic innervation of the amygdala: Targets, receptors, and implications for stress and anxiety

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 785-813

  Asan, Esther ^a   Steinke, Maria ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Central amygdala nucleus; Emotion; Primate; Rodent; Serotonin receptors

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2C RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; INNERVATION; NISSL STAINING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRESS;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; HUMANS; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN AGENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 84878235164     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-013-1081-1     Document Type: Review

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