The Central Amygdala as an Integrative Hub for Anxiety and Alcohol Use Disorders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 859-869

  Gilpin, Nicholas W ^a,b   Herman, Melissa A ^c   Roberto, Marisa ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; CRF; Extended amygdala; GABA; NPY; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 1; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE RECEPTOR 1; ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CENTRAL NUCLEUS (AMYGDALA); CONDITIONING; FEAR; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOCUS CERULEUS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARAVENTRICULAR THALAMIC NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGUS NERVE DORSAL NUCLEUS; ANIMAL; ANXIETY; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CENTRAL AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928742257     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.09.008     Document Type: Review

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