Neurobiological Markers of Familial Risk for Depression

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-204

  Foland Ross, Lara C ^a   Hardin, Michael G ^a   Gotlib, Ian H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cortisol; Depression; DLPFC; Genetics; Hippocampus; Neuroimaging; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

5 HTT GENE; 5 HTTLPR GENE; BDNF GENE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HERITABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880052841     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2012_213     Document Type: Review

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