Role of the lateral habenula in pain-associated depression

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Li, Yanhui ^a,b   Wang, Yumeng ^a   Xuan, Chengluan ^b   Li, Yang ^a   Piao, Lianhua ^a   Li, Jicheng ^a   Zhao, Hua ^a,b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic constriction injury; Chronic neuropathic pain; Depression; Dorsal raphe nucleus; Lateral habenula; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; BETA CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HABENULA; LATERAL HABENULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NONHUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

EID: 85014046442     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2017.00031     Document Type: Article

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