The evolutionary theory of depression

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 23, Issue , 2017, Pages 2267-2274

  Gałecki, Piotr ^a   Talarowska, Monika ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Clonal Evolution; Depression; Frontal Lobe

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALA; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PROSPECTIVE MEMORY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; EVOLUTION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM;

EID: 85019573227     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.901240     Document Type: Article

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