Animal models and human depressive disorders
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Animal models and human depressive disorders.
Clinical depressive disorders are complex in presentation, dissimilar in origins and course, and often pleomorphic in character. An adequate understanding of their origins, biological substrates, and amenability to established and novel forms of therapy demands biological and social interventions which cannot always readily or ethically be carried out in a clinical setting. One useful complemen...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
سال: 1981
ISSN: 0149-7634
DOI: 10.1016/0149-7634(81)90004-x