Pathological circuit function underlying addiction and anxiety disorders

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1635-1643

  Lüthi, Andreas ^a   Lüscher, Christian ^b,c  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADDICTION; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULA; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84925227382     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3849     Document Type: Review

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