title: [Neurogenesis and depression: etiology or new illusion?].
abstract: New hippocampal neurons are continuously generated in the adult brain of several animal species. Several studies have demonstrated that a variety of environmental factors, including stress, influence the proliferation of hippocampal cells. Thus, stress induced decrease of hippocampal neurogenesis seem to be an important factor in the etiology of depression. In this review the relationship between neurogenesis and depression has been emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. scorza.nexp@epm.br
authors.forename: Fulvio Alexandre
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Scorza
authors.forename: Alexandro de Borja Gonçalves
authors.initials: Ade B
authors.lastname: Guerra
authors.forename: Esper Abrão
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Cavalheiro
authors.forename: Helena Maria
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Calil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D018891:Dentate Gyrus / Q000503:physiopathology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology