Translating the Habenula—From Rodents to Humans

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 296-305

  Boulos, Laura Joy ^a   Darcq, Emmanuel ^a   Kieffer, Brigitte Lina ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Depression; Habenula; Human; Reward; Rodent

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ANATOMY; DEPRESSION; HABENULA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REWARD; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

DOPAMINE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINE; HABENULA; HUMANS; MICE; RATS; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84995704503     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2016.06.003     Document Type: Review

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