From impulses to maladaptive actions: The insula is a neurobiological gate for the development of compulsive behavior

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 491-499

  Belin Rauscent, A ^a,b   Daniel, M L ^c   Puaud, M ^a,b   Jupp, B ^a,b   Sawiak, S ^b   Howett, D ^a   McKenzie, C ^a   Caprioli, D ^d   Besson, M ^e   Robbins, T W ^a,b   Everitt, B J ^a,b   Dalley, J W ^a,b   Belin, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ANTERIOR INSULA THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CELL PLASTICITY; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FIVE CHOICE SERIAL REACTION TIME TASK; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMPULSIVENESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL AND SENSORIAL PROCEDURES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHEDULE INDUCED POLYDIPSIA PROCEDURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ZIF268 GENE; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; METABOLISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RATS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84941729779     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.140     Document Type: Article

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