Neurobiology and treatment of anxiety: Signal transduction and neural plasticity

Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology

Volumn 169, Issue , 2005, Pages 305-334

  Duman, C H ^a   Duman, R S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Calcium signaling; cAMP; cGMP NOS signaling; CREB; Fear conditioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85099486115     PISSN: 01712004     EISSN: 18650325     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28082-0_11     Document Type: Article

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