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浙江大学学报（医学版）
J Zhejiang Univ (Med Sci)  2019, Vol. 48 Issue (3): 310-317    DOI: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2019.06.12
    
The roles of habenula and related neural circuits in neuropsychiatric diseases
WU Yuxing(),ZHANG Shihong,CHEN Zhong*()
Institute of Neuroscience, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Abstract  

The habenula is a small and bilateral nucleus above dorsal thalamus, which contains several different types of neurons. The habenula has extensive connections with the forebrain, septum and monoaminergic nuclei in the midbrain and brainstem. Habenula is known as an 'anti-reward' nucleus, which can be activated by aversive stimulus and negative reward prediction errors. Accumulating researchs have implicated that the habenula is involved in several behaviors crucial to survival. Meanwhile, the roles of the habenula in neuropsychiatric diseases have received increasing attention. This review summaries the studies regarding the roles of habenula and the related circuits in neuropathic pain, depression, drug addiction and schizophrenia, and discusses the possibility to use the habenula as a treatment target.

Key words： Habenula/physiology      Habenula/drug effects      Neurons/physiology      Neurons/drug effects      Pain      Depressive disorder/genetics      Substance-related disorders      Schizophrenia      Review     
Received: 25 January 2019      Published: 04 September 2019
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Corresponding Authors: CHEN Zhong     E-mail: wuyuxing@hrglobe.cn;chenzhong@zju.edu.cn
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WU Yuxing, ZHANG Shihong, CHEN Zhong. The roles of habenula and related neural circuits in neuropsychiatric diseases. J Zhejiang Univ (Med Sci), 2019, 48(3): 310-317.

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Fig 1 Nerve fiber connections of the habenula
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