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Neuroendocrinology of Mood /

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This volume deals with the various neurotransmitters (amino acids, biogenic amines, peptides) and their role in the control of behaviour and mood, both from the experimental and from the clinical and pharmacological point of view. The book provides a detailed discussion of how biological rhythms rel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ganten, D. (Detlev), 1941-
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Pfaff, Donald, Fuxe, Kjell
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1988.
Series:Current topics in neuroendocrinology ; 8.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Neurosciences.
Toxicology.
Psychiatry.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Principles for the Hormone Regulation of Wiring Transmission and Volume Transmission in the Central Nervous System
  • Clinical Studies with Corticotropin Releasing Hormone: Implications for Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Dysfunction in Depression and Related Disorders
  • Biological Rhythms and Mood Disorders
  • Recurrent Affective Disorders: Lessons from Limbic Kindling
  • The Mechanisms of Action of Antipsychotics and Antidepressant Drugs
  • Catecholamines and Mood: Neuroendocrine Aspects
  • Serotonin and Mood: Neuroendocirne Aspects
  • Cholinergic Mechanisms in Mood: Neuroendocrine Aspects
  • The Psychobiology of Neurotensin
  • Cholecystokinin and Mood
  • Opioid Peptides and Mood: Neuroendocrine Aspects
  • The Neuroendocrinology of Anorexia Nervosa
  • Effects of Peripheral Thyroid Hormones on the Central Nervous Systen: Relevance to Disorders of Mood
  • Subject Index.