Presynaptic Serotoninergic Regulation of Emotional Processing: A Multimodal Brain Imaging Study.
BACKGROUND: The amygdala is a central node in the brain network that processes aversive emotions and is extensively innervated by dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine [5-HT]) neurons. Alterations in DRN 5-HT1A receptor availability cause phenotypes characterized by fearful behav...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014
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