"Killing the Blues": a role for cellular suicide (apoptosis) in depression and the antidepressant response?

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Published in Prog Neurobiol on May 07, 2009

Authors

Declan P McKernan1, Timothy G Dinan, John F Cryan

Author Affiliations

1: Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

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