The material below summarizes the article Dorsal Medial Habenula Regulation of Mood-Related Behaviors and Primary Reinforcement by Tachykinin-Expressing Habenula Neurons, published on July 1, 2016, in eNeuro and authored by Yun-Wei A. Hsu, Glenn Morton, Elizabeth G. Guy, Si D. Wang, and Eric E. Turner.
Our lab focuses on the development and function of a relatively obscure brain region called the habenula. The habenula has three principal anatomical regions: the lateral habenula, ventral medial habenula (vMHb), and dorsal medial habenula (dMHb). In early studies, these regions were treated as a unit, but in recent work, their distinct circuits and functions have begun to emerge.
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