Erythropoietin: a candidate treatment for mood symptoms and memory dysfunction in depression

Kamilla W Miskowiak, Maj Vinberg, Catherine J Harmer, Hannelore Ehrenreich, Lars V Kessing

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    Abstract

    Current pharmacological treatments for depression have a significant treatment-onset-response delay, an insufficient efficacy for many patients and fail to reverse cognitive dysfunction. Erythropoietin (EPO) has neuroprotective and neurotrophic actions and improves cognitive function in animal models of acute and chronic neurodegenerative conditions and in patients with cognitive decline.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalPsychopharmacology
    Volume219
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)687-98
    Number of pages12
    ISSN0033-3158
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012

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