Regulation of Human Affective Responses by Anterior Cingulate and Limbic µ-Opioid Neurotransmission
Author(s) -
JonKar Zubieta,
Terence A. Ketter,
Joshua A. Bueller,
Yanjun Xu,
Michael R. Kilbourn,
Elizabeth A. Young,
Robert A. Koeppe
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.60.11.1145
Subject(s) - anterior cingulate cortex , neuroscience , neurotransmission , psychology , neurochemical , amygdala , limbic system , ventral pallidum , opioid receptor , cingulate cortex , neurotransmitter , opioid , sadness , medicine , receptor , psychiatry , central nervous system , basal ganglia , cognition , globus pallidus , anger
Human affective responses appear to be regulated by limbic and paralimbic circuits. However, much less is known about the neurochemical systems engaged in this regulation. The mu-opioid neurotransmitter system is distributed in, and thought to regulate the function of, brain regions centrally implicated in affective processing.
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