Adult brain neurogenesis and psychiatry: A novel theory of depression

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 262-269

  Jacobs, B L ^a   Van Praag, H ^b   Gage, F H ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT(1A); Dentate gyrus; Epilepsy; Glucocorticoids; Hippocampus; Mouse; Rat; Serotonin; Stress

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; BRAIN LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; STRESS; THEORY;

EID: 0033937168     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000712     Document Type: Review

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