Polychlorinated biphenyls and depression: cross-sectional and longitudinal investigation of a dopamine-related Neurochemical path in the German HELPcB surveillance program

• Main Authors: Petra Maria Gaum (Author), Monika Gube (Author), Thomas Schettgen (Author), Franziska Maria Putschögl (Author), Thomas Kraus (Author), Bruno Fimm (Author), Jessica Lang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is associated with depressive symptomatology. A cause of depressive symptoms is a disturbance in the neurotransmitter system of dopamine (DA). Animal as well as human studies report that PCBs can influence the DA system. This study exa...