Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Major depression"
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Corticolimbic changes in acetylcholine and cyclic guanosine monophosphate in the Flinders Sensitive Line rat: a genetic model of depression
(Cambridge, 2012)Objective: Depression is suggested to involve disturbances in cholinergic as well as glutamatergic pathways, particularly the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated release of nitric oxide (NO) and cyclic guanosine ... -
Is major depressive disorder a metabolic encephalopathy?
(Wiley, 2008)Metabolic encephalopathy is an acute disturbance in cellular metabolism in the brain evoked by conditions of hypoxia, hypoglycaemia, oxidative stress and/or inflammation. It usually develops acutely or subacutely and is ... -
Metabolic and glutathione redox markers associated with brain-derived neurotrophic factor in depressed African men and women: evidence for counterregulation?
(Karger, 2013)Background: Major depression is associated with evidence for metabolic and redox imbalance and also with reports of lower serum levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). However, the relationship between these ...