A brief review of exercise, bipolar disorder, and mechanistic pathways

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Thomson, Daniel ^a   Turner, Alyna ^b,c,d   Lauder, Sue ^c,e   Gigler, Margaret E ^f   Berk, Lesley ^b   Singh, Ajeet B ^b   Pasco, Julie A ^b,c   Berk, Michael ^b,c,g,h   Sylvia, Louisa ^f,i  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^h THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Exercise; Hypomania; Mechanistic pathways; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926512176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00147     Document Type: Review

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