Premium
Role of Serotonin in Depression a
Author(s) -
MELTZER HERBERT Y.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1990.tb16904.x
Subject(s) - citation , foundation (evidence) , library science , annals , psychology , classics , medicine , psychoanalysis , psychiatry , history , political science , computer science , law
There is extensive evidence that serotonin (5-HT) may play an important role in making persons vulnerable to depression or mania, in the precipitation of an episode of depression or mania, or in the mechanism of action of drugs which have an antidepressant, antimanic or mood stabilizing effect.’.’Some of the evidence for these conclusions will be critically reviewed and some new data from our laboratory will be presented.