Pteridines and affective disorders

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 120-126

  Hoekstra, R ^a   Fekkes, D ^b  

^a Delta Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Biepterin; Depression; Neopterin; Tetrahydrobiopterin

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PTERIDINE DERIVATIVE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENYLKETONURIA; RAT; REVIEW; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036594966     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1601-5215.2002.140305.x     Document Type: Review

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