Description
Preface.- Part 1. Phenotypic features.- Classification of mood disorders. Developmental aspects of depression. Animal models of depression vulnerability. Genetic mouse models of depression.- Part 2. Cellular and Molecular Basis.- The Genetic basis of depression. Neurochemical Imaging and Depressive Behaviours. Inflammation and Depression. Major Depression: A Role for Hippocampal Neurogenesis? Neurobiological Markers of Familial Risk for Depression.- Part 3. Cognitive accounts.- Emotional Processing and Antidepressant Action. What Can Fear and Reward Learning Teach Us About Depression? The Use of Cognitive Bias Modification and Imagery in the Understanding and Treatment of Depression.- Part 4. Treatment.- Pharmacological Treatment of Unipolar Depression. New Approaches in the Treatment of Bipolar Depression. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Antidepressant Action. Neurosurgical treatments of depression – clinical and preclinical studies.
