The Neurobiology Of Depression

Major depressive disorder is a diagnosable mental health condition characterized as a prolonged state of depressed mood and apathy. The prevalence is cross-cultural and the burden affects both the patients and their families. The neurobiology of depression has a number of components, from the neurotransmitters long thought to be the root cause of depression, to the contribution of genetics, cytokines, neurogenesis and neuroendocrine interactions and the newly proposed ketamine acting as an NMDA antagonist. The future directions of this subject involve a better understanding of the individual systems involved in depression and then distinguishing the subtypes with accuracy. Understanding of this complex interaction will be important in exploring more effective antidepressants.egységes, osztatlanáltalános orvosango