Dopamine in Socioecological and Evolutionary Perspectives: Implications for Psychiatric Disorders

Dopamine in Socioecological and Evolutionary Perspectives: Implications for Psychiatric Disorders

Dopamine (DA) transmission in brain areas such as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and nucleus accumbens (NAcc) plays important roles in cognitive and affective function. As such, DA deficits have been implicated in a number of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and attention deficit/hyperactivi...

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Main Authors: Yoshie eYamaguchi, Young-A eLee, Yukiori eGoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neuroscience
Subjects:
Dopamine
evolution
genetic variants
social interaction
Primate
Psychiatric disorder
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2015.00219/full

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