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

• Autores principales: Petra Maria Gaum (Autor), Monika Gube (Autor), Thomas Schettgen (Autor), Franziska Maria Putschögl (Autor), Thomas Kraus (Autor), Bruno Fimm (Autor), Jessica Lang (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: BMC, 2017-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: 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...