Dimensional psychiatry: mental disorders as dysfunctions of basic learning mechanisms

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 809-821

  Heinz, Andreas ^a   Schlagenhauf, Florian ^a,b   Beck, Anne ^a   Wackerhagen, Carolin ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Computational neuroscience; Depression; Dopamine; Pavlovian to instrumental transfer; PIT; Reward learning; Schizophrenia; Sequential learning; Serotonin; Stress; Two step; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADDICTION; AFFECT; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALA; ASSOCIATION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VENTRAL STRIATUM; BRAIN; COMPLICATION; CONDITIONING; LEARNING DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84965020786     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-016-1561-2     Document Type: Review

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