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Human depression: a new approach in quantitative psychiatry

Authors: Massimo Cocchi, Lucio Tonello, Mark M Rasenick

Published in: Annals of General Psychiatry | Issue 1/2010

Abstract

The biomolecular approach to major depression disorder is explained by the different steps that involve cell membrane viscosity, Gsα protein and tubulin. For the first time it is hypothesised that a biomolecular pathway exists, moving from cell membrane viscosity through Gsα protein and Tubulin, which can condition the conscious state and is measurable by electroencephalogram study of the brain's γ wave synchrony.

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Title: Human depression: a new approach in quantitative psychiatry
Authors: Massimo Cocchi
Lucio Tonello
Mark M Rasenick
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Annals of General Psychiatry / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1744-859X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1744-859X-9-25

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