Adult hippocampal neurogenesis in depression: Behavioral implications and regulation by the stress system

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-43

  Anacker, Christoph ^a  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluoxetine; Neuroplasticity; Neuropsychiatric disorders; Proliferation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FLUOXETINE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MINERALOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; SERUM AND GLUCOCORTICOID REGULATED KINASE 1;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC UNPREDICTABLE STRESS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MOOD; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; STRESS;

EID: 84897005192     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2014_275     Document Type: Article

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