Neurogênese e depressão: etiologia ou nova ilusão?

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1 _{Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil} 2 _{Núcleo de Pesquisas Tecnológicas, Universidade de Mogi das Cruzes (UMC), Mogi das Cruzes (SP), Brasil} 3 _{Departamento de Psicobiologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo (SP), Brasil}

Financiamento: FAEP, FAPESP, CNPq, CAPES Conflito de interesses: Inexistente Recebido: 4 de Novembro de 2004 Aceito: 11 de Março de 2005

Correspondência

Fulvio Alexandre Scorza

Neurologia Experimental - Ed. Leal Prado Rua Botucatu, 862

04023-900 São Paulo, SP, Brasil E-mail: scorza.nexp@epm.br

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