Herbal Treatment of Major Depression
Herbal Treatment of Major Depression: Scientific Basis and Practical Use (Clinical Pharmacognosy Series)
by Scott D Mendelson
English | 2020 | ISBN: 036737532X | 447 Pages | PDF | 6.41 MB
by Scott D Mendelson
English | 2020 | ISBN: 036737532X | 447 Pages | PDF | 6.41 MB
This unique volume presents new understandings of the neurochemical nature of major depression, and how herbs and their constituent flavonoids and terpenes appear to address some of the mechanisms now thought to be involved. It explores how recent studies of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine inform neuroscientists about deep intracellular mechanisms of antidepressant action that have little to do with simple enhancement of monoaminergic activity. These mechanisms include actions on PI3K, Akt, mTOR, GSK3, BDNF, and other intracellular pathways. New theories of the pathophysiology underlying major depression, such as oxidative damage, inflammation, stress and insulin resistance are then explored.