E-Book Overview
This book is written for researchers, undergraduate students and postgraduate students, physicians and traditional medicine practitioners who develop research in the field of neurosciences, phytochemistry and ethnopharmacology or can be useful for their practice. Topics discussed include the description of depression, its biochemical causes, the targets of antidepressant drugs, animal and cell models commonly used in the research of this pathology, medicinal plants and bioactive compounds with antidepressant activity used in traditional medicine, advances in nanotechnology for drug delivery to the brain and finally the future challenges for researchers studying this pathology.
E-Book Information
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Year: 2,016
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Edition: 1
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Pages: XIII, 585
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Pages In File: 589
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Language: English
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Identifier: 978-3-319-14020-9, 978-3-319-14021-6
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Doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-14021-6
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Org File Size: 46,522,554
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Extension: pdf
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Tags:
Neurosciences
Medical Biochemistry
Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Pharmacology/Toxicology
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Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Depressive Disorders: Prevalence, Costs, and Theories....Pages 1-41 Traditional and Novel Possible Targets for Antidepressant Drugs....Pages 43-73 Cell-Based Systems of Depression: An Overview....Pages 75-117 Animal Models of Depression....Pages 119-133 Prevalence of Use of Herbal Medicines and Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Europe....Pages 135-181 Medicinal Plants from Countries of Former USSR Used for Treatment of Depression....Pages 183-258 Chinese Herbal Medicine Used Against Depression in China....Pages 259-379 Antidepressant Medicinal Plants and Compounds Used in Traditional Medicines in North America....Pages 381-431 Antidepressant Plant Species from the Portuguese-Speaking African Countries (PALOP)....Pages 433-481 Oceania: Antidepressant Medicinal Plants....Pages 483-527 Novel Drug Delivery Systems for Herbal Antidepressants....Pages 529-556 Future Strategies for the Treatment of Depression....Pages 557-571 Back Matter....Pages 573-585