UNRAVELING THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE DORSAL RAPHE SYNAPTIC NEUROPIL USING HIGH-RESOLUTION NEUROANATOMY

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN), representing the main source of brain’s serotonin, is implicated in the pathophysiology and therapeutics of several mental disorders that can be debilitating and life-long including depression, anxiety and autism. The activity of DRN neurons is precisely regulated, b...

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Main Authors: Mariano eSoiza-Reilly, Kathryn G Commons
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2014.00105/full