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

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...

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Main Authors: Valerie H. Taylor, Glenda M. MacQueen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Obesity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/748048
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