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Habenula: crossroad between the basal ganglia and the limbic system

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Hikosaka, Okihide, Sesack, Susan R., Lecourtier, Lucas, Shepard, Paul D.·2008·The Journal of Neuroscience

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There is a growing awareness that emotion, motivation, and reward values are important determinants of our behavior. The habenula is uniquely positioned both anatomically and functionally to participate in the circuit mediating some forms of emotive decision making. In the last few years there has been a surge of interest in this structure, especially the lateral habenula (LHb). The new studies suggest that the LHb plays a pivotal role in controlling motor and cognitive behaviors by influencing the activity of dopamine and serotonin neurons. Further, dysfunctions of the LHb have also been implicated in psychiatric disorders, such as depression, schizophrenia, and drug-induced psychosis.

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  • The LHb is a source of anti-reward signals that influences reward-related DA neuron activity.

    “Studies conducted in recent years have identified the LHb as a source of anti-reward signals that plays an important role in determining the reward-related activity of DA neurons [18, 30, 68–70].”

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  • LHb neurons increase their activity when adverse outcomes occur or are predicted and provide disynaptic inhibitory input to VTA DANs.

    “LHb neurons increase their activity when adverse outcomes occur or are predicted and provide a disynaptic inhibitory (-GABAergic) input to VTA DANs.125,126”

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Authors
Hikosaka, O., Sesack, S. R., Lecourtier, L., & Shepard, P. D.
Affiliations
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
Venue
The Journal of Neuroscience
Published
2008-11-12
Volume
28
Issue
46
Pages
11825-11829
ISSN
  • 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
  • 1529-2401
OpenAlex
W1992654377
Cited by
432
References
56
Citations by year
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FWCI
10.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • U.S. Public Health Service
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH067937, R01MH067937, MH-072647, R24MH072647, R37MH048404, R37-MH48404)
  • National Eye Institute (Z01EY000415)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
habenula, lateral habenula, basal ganglia, limbic system, emotions, motivation, reward, dopaminergic neurons, serotonergic neurons, depression, schizophrenia, drug-induced psychosis
MeSH terms
Animals, Basal Ganglia, Brain Stem, Cognition, Emotions, Humans, Limbic System, Neural Pathways, Synaptic Transmission, Psychomotor Performance, Biogenic Monoamines, Habenula

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