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. 2015 Mar 31;11:875–888. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S73261

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© 2015 Saltiel and Silvershein. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License

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Neurotransmitters and their hypothetically malfunctioning brain circuits in regions associated with the diagnostic symptoms for depression.

Notes: Depression diagnosis requires at least one of these *symptoms and ≥4 of these ^†symptoms. From Lum CT, Stahl SM. Opportunities for reversible inhibitors of mono amine oxidase-A (RIMAs) in the treatment of depression. CNS Spectrums. 2012;17(3):107–120, reproduced with permission.⁶⁰

Abbreviations: A, amygdala; BF, basal forebrain; C, cerebellum; H, hypothalamus; NA, nucleus accumbens; NT, neurotransmitter centers; PFC, prefrontal cortex; S, striatum; SC, spinal cord; T, thalamus.