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Fundamental Cellular Principles of Psychological Disturbances

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Virtually no other field of modern science has been subject to such rapid development in knowledge as seen in neurobiology in the last decade. Many of the known functions of nerve cells represent targets for pathophysiological changes. However, we are still very far from the development of pathogenetic models which could be useful in determining the prognosis of diseases or in providing causal-based treatment.

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Aldenhoff, J. (2001). Fundamental Cellular Principles of Psychological Disturbances. In: Henn, F., Sartorius, N., Helmchen, H., Lauter, H. (eds) Contemporary Psychiatry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59519-6_7

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