Neurobiological circuit function and computation of the serotonergic and related systems

• Main Author: Kae Nakamura (auth)
• Other Authors: KongFatt Wong-Lin (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; dorsal raphe nucleus; Locus Coeruleus; neural circuit; Dopamine; Serotonin; pendunculopontine tegmental nucleus; serotonin 5-HT; computational modeling
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Serotonin is one of the oldest neurotransmitters in evolutionary terms, and the serotonergic system is complex and multifaceted. Serotonin-producing neurons in the raphe nuclei provide serotonin innervations throughout various parts of the brain, modulating cellular excitability and network properti...