Role of vascular endothelial growth factor in adult hippocampal neurogenesis: Implications for the pathophysiology and treatment of depression

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 227, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 440-449

  Fournier, Neil M ^a   Duman, Ronald S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Depression; Neurogenesis; Neurotrophic factors; Stress; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC STRESS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MARKER GENE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; VEGF GENE;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84855926398     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.04.022     Document Type: Review

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