Increasing hippocampal neurogenesis: A novel mechanism for antidepressant drugs

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-155

  Malberg, Jessica E ^a   Schecter, Lee E ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Proliferation; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BUSPIRONE; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLOZAPINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IMIPRAMINE; LITHIUM; MORPHINE; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; REBOXETINE; ROLIPRAM; SEROTONIN 1A ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; TIANEPTINE; TRANYLCYPROMINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAY 405;

BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG DESIGN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 11844288312     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1381612053382223     Document Type: Review

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