The Role of Neural Plasticity in Depression: From Hippocampus to Prefrontal Cortex

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2017, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Liu, Wei ^a   Ge, Tongtong ^a   Leng, Yashu ^a   Pan, Zhenxiang ^a   Fan, Jie ^a   Yang, Wei ^a   Cui, Ranji ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; MICRORNA;

AMYGDALA; APOPTOSIS; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; VENTRAL STRIATUM; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG EFFECTS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 85012154597     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2017/6871089     Document Type: Review

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