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

• Главные авторы: Petra Maria Gaum (Автор), Monika Gube (Автор), Thomas Schettgen (Автор), Franziska Maria Putschögl (Автор), Thomas Kraus (Автор), Bruno Fimm (Автор), Jessica Lang (Автор)
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• Опубликовано: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...