Commentary on “A non-reward attractor theory of depression”: A proposal to include the habenula connection

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 83, Issue , 2017, Pages 736-741

  Loonen, Anton J M ^a,d   Ivanova, Svetlana A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Mental Health Institution   (Norway)

Author keywords

Depression; Habenula; Mechanism; Non reward attractor theory; Orbitofrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HABENULA; HUMAN; MANIA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REWARD;

EID: 85014129328     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.02.007     Document Type: Note

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