Neurotrophins and psychiatric disorders

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2014, Pages 461-479

  Castren E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

Antidepressant drugs; Anxiety; BDNF; Depression; Mood disorders; Schizophrenia; TrkB

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CHRONIC STRESS; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FORCED SWIM TEST; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNED HELPLESSNESS TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTOR, TRKB; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84906565721     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-45106-5_17     Document Type: Article

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