Are there Biological Commonalities among Different Psychiatric Disorders?

Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn 1, Issue , 2008, Pages 243-256

  Pittenger, Christopher ^a   Etkin, Amit ^b   Kandel, Eric R ^c,d   Polan, H Jonathan ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kavli Institute for Brain Science   (United States)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Biological psychiatry; Cognitive neuroscience; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889864725     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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