Update on depression and deliberate self-harm
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Results Alterations in proteins involved in glutamatergic signalling are implicated in variations in behaviour in animal models of depression. Drugs acting at Glu receptors appear to have antidepressant-like effects in these models, and traditional antidepressant pharmacotherapies act on the glutamatergic system. Recent evidence from genetic studies and in vivo spectroscopy also correlate gluta...
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عنوان ژورنال: Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2010
ISSN: 2579-2008,2012-6883
DOI: 10.4038/sljpsyc.v1i2.2580