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SUBMITTER: Yamaguchi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4468839 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yamaguchi Yoshie Y Lee Young-A YA Goto Yukiori Y
Frontiers in neuroscience 20150616
Dopamine (DA) transmission in brain areas such as the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and nucleus accumbens (NAcc) plays important roles in cognitive and affective function. As such, DA deficits have been implicated in a number of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Accumulating evidence suggests that DA is also involved in social behavior of animals and humans. Although most animals organize and live in social groups, how the DA system functi ...[more]