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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2018, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (8): 949-954.doi: 10.12092/j.issn.1009-2501.2018.08.019

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Advances of the ion channels related to depression

WU Mengyao, ZHAO Hongqing, WANG Yuhong   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Powder and Medicine Innovation in Hunan,Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha 410208, Hunan,China
  • Received:2018-01-16 Revised:2018-03-23 Online:2018-08-26 Published:2018-08-28

Abstract:

Depression is a central nervous system disorder characterized by emotion, cognition, neuroendocrine and somatic dysfunction, and is one of the most common mental diseases. Currently, the treatment mechanism of antidepressants mainly focuses on the concentrations of monoamine neurotransmitters in the brain such as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine, but depression is still not fully treated. In this paper, the ion channel as the starting point, the depression-related voltage-gated ion channels (such as sodium, potassium and calcium ions, etc.) and ligand-gated ion channels (such as glutamic acid receptor, γ-aminobutyric acid receptor and serotonin receptor, etc.) were reviewed respectively, to provide new ideas for the development of new antidepressants.

Key words: depression, voltage-gated ion channels, ligand-gated ion channels, receptors

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