"Anhedonia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inability to experience pleasure due to impairment or dysfunction of normal psychological and neurobiological mechanisms. It is a symptom of many PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS (e.g., DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; and SCHIZOPHRENIA).
| Descriptor ID |
D059445
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.597.606.057 C23.888.592.604.039 F01.700.039
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| Concept/Terms |
Social Anhedonia- Social Anhedonia
- Anhedonia, Social
- Anhedonias, Social
- Social Anhedonias
Physical Anhedonia- Physical Anhedonia
- Anhedonia, Physical
- Anhedonias, Physical
- Physical Anhedonias
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| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Anhedonia" by people in Profiles.
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Activation of the kynurenine pathway is associated with striatal volume in major depressive disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2015 Dec; 62:54-8.
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Putative neuroprotective and neurotoxic kynurenine pathway metabolites are associated with hippocampal and amygdalar volumes in subjects with major depressive disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015 Jan; 40(2):463-71.