Vascular depression
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4165.2010.07.009
- VernacularTitle:血管性抑郁
- Author:
Shijing HUANG
;
Yuxia CHEN
;
Xianhui ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Depressive disorder,major;
Cerebrovascular disorders;
Risk factors
- From:
International Journal of Cerebrovascular Diseases
2010;18(7):522-526
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The vascular depression is a subtype of depression.It has its specificity in clinical features,imaging,and treatment outcome etc.This article reviews the advances in research on the aspects of risk factors,pathogenesis,diagnosis,clinical features,and outcomes of vascular depression,particularly the vascular risk factors,steady-state changes in the neurovascular unit,immune cytokine activation,imaging characteristics of white matter damage and treatment of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation as well as its correlation with dementia and cardiocerebrovascular diseases.
