Understanding Depression Volume 1. Biomedical and Neurobiological Background / edited by Yong-Ku Kim.

This book, in two volumes, focuses on contemporary issues and dilemmas in relation to depression. The aim is to equip readers with an up-to-date understanding of the clinical and neurobiological underpinnings of depression and their relation to clinical manifestations and the development of more eff...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kim, Yong-Ku (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.Genetic and epigenetic aspects of depression
  • 1-1.Highlights on pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics in depression
  • 1-2.Imaging genetics studies on susceptibility genes for major depressive disorder: the present and the future
  • 1-3.Gene-environmental interaction and role of epigenetic in depression
  • 1-4.The role of microRNAs and long noncoding RNAs in depression: diagnosis and therapeutic implication
  • 1-5.The role of early life stress in HPA axis and depression
  • 2.Molecular-, cellular-level aspects of depression
  • 2-1.Complex role of serotonin receptors in depression
  • 2-2.Emerging role of glutamate receptors in pathophysiology of depression
  • 2-3.New perspective on mTOR pathways: a new target of depression
  • 2-4.Cellular aging in depression: the role of telomere-telomerase system
  • 2-5.Differentiation and biological markers in subtype of depression
  • 3.Neural circuit-level aspect of depression
  • 3-1.Molecular, structural, and functional neuroimaging in depression
  • 3-2.Resting-state activity in depression; a link to spatiotemporal psychopathology
  • 3-3.Functional neuroimaging in depression: a tool to predict treatment outcome and response
  • 3-4.Cortical-subcortical interactions in the pathophysiology of depression
  • 3-5.Pathophysiology and treatment strategies for different types of depression
  • 3-6.The effect of neurostimulation in depression
  • 4.Multicellular system-level aspect of depression
  • 4-1.Inflammation, depression and neurodegeneration: a possible cause of dementia in late life depression?
  • 4-2.Gut-microbiota-brain axis and depression
  • 4-3.The interactions of immune inflammation and oxidative and nitrosative stress with the kynurenine and melatonergic pathways in depression
  • 4-4.Glia-neuron cross-talk in depression
  • 4-5.Depression model in primate: relevance to novel drug discovery
  • 5.Species-, individual-, gender-, culture-specific aspects of depression
  • 5-1.Precision psychiatry: personalized clinical approach to depression
  • 5-2.Gender differences in depression
  • 5-3.An up-date on the epidemiology of major depressive disorder across cultures.