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Chrononeuroendocrinology of Depression

An Interpretation of Neuroendocrine Rhythms on the Basis of Pharmacological Studies

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The recent progress in neurobiology has redefined most of the classical concepts in the neurosciences. Not even the role of the neurotransmitters, from the study of which many data about the pathophysiology of the nervous system were drawn, has remained unchanged by the new considerations. In fact, their functions, previously believed to be transmission of biological messages from neuron to neuron or from neuron to a peripheral receptor, have been newly defined (Calne, 1979).

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  1. I Clinica Neurologica, University of Rome, 00161, Rome, Italy

    Alessandro Agnoli

  2. Clinica Neurologica, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

    Massimo Baldassarre, Fabrizio Stocchi & Nicola Martucci

  3. Semeiotica Medica, I.S.M.I., University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

    Giovanni Murialdo & Claudio Zauli

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    Rosaria D’urso & Paolo Falaschi

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Agnoli, A. et al. (1984). Chrononeuroendocrinology of Depression. In: Shah, N.S., Donald, A.G. (eds) Psychoneuroendocrine Dysfunction. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4529-9_25

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