Symposium 6: Major Depressive Disorder Neurobiology and Treatment

Sunday, 1 March 2009 11:00 - 12:30, Plaza Room 3

Chair Yogesh Dwivedi University of Illinois at ChicagoUnited States
Relationship of Monoamine Oxidase A Binding Abnormalities to the Development and Maintenance of Major Depressive Disorder
  • Jeffrey H Meyer, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and University of Toronto, Canada
The involvement of neurotransmitter receptors and pro-inflammatory pathways in depression
  • Brian Dean, MHRI, Australia
Altered Expression of Phosphodiasterase 4 (PDE4) Variants in Brain of Depressed Subjects: Role in Disease and Treatment
  • Yogesh Dwivedi, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States
Role of HPA Axis and Cytokines in Adolescent Depression and Suicide: A Postmortem Brain Study
  • Ghanshyam N Pandey, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States