A new study published in the August 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry finds that hippocampal neurogenesis (neuron birth in the hippocampus part of the brain) might be used by the monoaminergic antidepressants (related to the secretion of monoamine neurotransmitters such as dopamine and serotonin) to counteract the effects of stress, whereas similar effects could be achieved by directly targeting the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and related neuropeptides (amino acid chains).
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