Lateral habenula in the pathophysiology of depression

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 48, Issue , 2018, Pages 90-96

  Yang, Yan ^a,b   Wang, Hao ^a   Hu, Ji ^c   Hu, Hailan ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANHEDONIA; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; DEPRESSION; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; FOREBRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HABENULA; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LOSS OF APPETITE; MEDIAN RAPHE NUCLEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MONOAMINE NERVE CELL; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SELF ESTEEM; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SYMPTOM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL PALLIDUM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HABENULA; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONS;

EID: 85034827023     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.10.024     Document Type: Review

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