Depressed new neurons - Adult hippocampal neurogenesis and a cellular plasticity hypothesis of major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 499-503

  Kempermann, Gerd ^a,b   Kronenberg, Golo ^a,c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Dentate gyrus; Hippocampus; Mood disorders; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SEROTONIN;

CELL FUNCTION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0142042983     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00319-6     Document Type: Review

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