Adolescent depression: Stress and reward dysfunction

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 139-148

  Auerbach, Randy P ^a   Admon, Roee ^a   Pizzagalli, Diego A ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Major depressive disorder; Mesolimbic pathway; Prefrontal cortex; Reward circuitry; Stress exposure; Stress generation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGE; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; CHRONIC STRESS; DEPRESSION; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; ONSET AGE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; REWARD; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANIMALS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; REWARD; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84902138360     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000034     Document Type: Review

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