Neurogenesis and depression: What animal models tell us about the link

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 300-303

  Vollmayr, Barbara ^a   Mahlstedt, Magdalena M ^a,b   Henn, Fritz A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Depression; Learned helplessness; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; DISEASE MODEL; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL STRESS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANDENTIA; STRESS;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEURONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34548131662     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-007-0734-2     Document Type: Review

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