Molecular Abnormalities in Brains of Depressed Patients  

Oleh:

Young, L. Trevor ; Dowlatshahi, Dar

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Neuroscientist vol. 6 no. 5 (Okt. 2000), page 401–410.
Topik: Depression; Postmortem brain; Suicide; Signal transduction
Fulltext: 401TN65.pdf (111.35KB)

Isi artikel

Studies on the molecular pharmacology of antidepressants have lead to a reinterpretation of earlier models of the neuropathology of depression. Noradrenergic and serotonergic hypotheses of depression have been expanded to include postsynaptic intracellular signal transduction pathways and regulation of gene expression. Because much of this evidence was obtained from postmortem brain, there has been increased interest in the use of this tissue to study depression. In the following pages, we will review the postmortem brain studies in depressed individuals focusing on neurotransmitter systems, signal transduction, and structural abnormalities.

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