Current progress of erythropoietin in depression / 中国药理学通报
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin
; (12): 1635-1638, 2014.
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ABSTRACT
Erythropoietin (EPO),which is routinely used in clinic to treat anemia,has been implicated in a wide range of activities on diverse tissues.Recently,accumulating evidence shows that EPO has antidepressant-like effects and may be a po-tential drug candidate for treating mood symptoms and memory dysfunction in depression.This review summarizes the current progress on EPO’s antidepressant-like effects,and explores its potential mechanism and clinical application in the future,provi-ding a general view of the research and application status of EPO in depression.
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Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin
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2014
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