Some neurobiological aspects of the pathogenesis of anxious depression and anti-glucocorticoid pharmacotherapy
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Uzbekov MG, Maksimova NM. [Some neurobiological aspects of the pathogenesis of anxious depression and anti-glucocorticoid pharmacotherapy]. Rossiiskii psikhiatricheskii zhurnal [Russian Journal of Psychiatry]. 2018;(2):31-39. Russian
We propose the possible mechanism of interrelationship between monoaminergic and hormonal (cortisol) systems in pathogenetic mechanisms of anxious depression, based on the results of our own clinical, biochemical and hormonal investigations. The use of antiglucocorticoid drugs in the treatment of depressions is discussed.
Keywords anxious depression; monoamines; cortisol, antiglucocorticoid drugs; pathogenesis
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