Reward processing by the lateral habenula in normal and depressive behaviors

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1146-1152

  Proulx, Christophe D ^a   Hikosaka, Okihide ^b   Malinow, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL; HABENULA; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REWARD;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOPAMINE; HABENULA; HUMANS; REWARD; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84906674545     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3779     Document Type: Review

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