This volume examines the latest neurobiological and clinical research on depression and mania. Advances ranging from molecular biology and genetics to behavioural studies, pre-clinical and clinical pharmacology and prevention are highlighted. The text begins with a review of the neurobiology of depression, with a particular focus on dopamine. Other topics covered include: animal models of depression and mania; manipulation of inositol-linked second messenger systems as a therapeutic strategy in psychiatry; recent developments in genetics of biopolar illness; implications of a temperament-based classification of depression; pharmacological treatment of depression and comorbid anxiety disorders; and long-term prophylaxis of affective disorders.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Lippincott Williams AND Wilkins
ISBN-13
9780781703079
eBay Product ID (ePID)
25046510136
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Biological Psychology
Series
Advances in Biochemical Psychopharmacology
Author
Gino Serra, Luca Pani, G.L. Gessa, Etc., Walter Fratta
Publication Name
Depression and Mania: from Neurobiology to Treatment
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Medicine, Psychology, Biology
Publication Year
1995
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
176 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229 mm
Item Width
152 mm
Item Weight
430 g
Volume
V. 49
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Walter Fratta, G.L. Gessa, Etc., Gino Serra, Luca Pani