The Role of Adipokines in Understanding the Associations between Obesity and Depression

• Autores principales: Valerie H. Taylor (Autor), Glenda M. MacQueen (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Hindawi Limited, 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Objective. Two major causes of disability, major depression and obesity, share overlapping psychosocial and pathophysiological etiologies. Studies are now focused on biological mechanisms linking the two illnesses, and there is interest in the role that adipokines may have in mediating the associati...