Stress effects on the neural substrates of motivated behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1405-1412

  Hollon, Nick G ^a,b,c   Burgeno, Lauren M ^a,b   Phillips, Paul E M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84942414155     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4114     Document Type: Review

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