Neuronal plasticity and antidepressant actions

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 259-267

  Castrén, Eero ^a   Hen, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Enrichment; Neurogenesis; Plasticity; Stress; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; DENTATE GYRUS; HUMAN; MOOD; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84877153207     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.12.010     Document Type: Review

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