Circadian influences on dopamine circuits of the brain: Regulation of striatal rhythms of clock gene expression and implications for psychopathology and disease.

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Volumn 5, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Verwey, Michael ^a   Dhir, Sabine ^b   Amir, Shimon ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DORSAL STRIATUM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; VENTRAL STRIATUM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 85010903465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20461402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/F1000RESEARCH.9180.1     Document Type: Review

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