Elevated cholesterol levels associated with nonresponse to fluoxetine treatment in major depressive disorder

SB Sonawalla, GI Papakostas, TJ Petersen, AS Yeung… - Psychosomatics, 2002 - Elsevier
Previous studies have suggested that patients with major depressive disorder may have
lower cholesterol levels compared to healthy controls. The purpose of this study was to …

Serum cholesterol in treatment-resistant depression

GI Papakostas, T Petersen, SB Sonawalla… - …, 2003 - karger.com
Objective: Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) may have significant differences in
cholesterol levels compared with healthy controls. A previous study by our group reported …

Serum cholesterol and serotonergic function in major depressive disorder

GI Papakostas, T Petersen, D Mischoulon… - Psychiatry …, 2003 - Elsevier
Studies have revealed a relationship between serum cholesterol levels and serotonergic
(5HT) function in healthy young adults. Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) may …

Serum cholesterol in the continuation phase of pharmacotherapy with fluoxetine in remitted major depressive disorder

GI Papakostas, DV Iosifescu, T Petersen… - Journal of clinical …, 2004 - journals.lww.com
A growing number of studies report that patients with depression may differ in terms of their
cholesterol levels from nondepressed psychiatric patients or normal controls. 1 In a previous …

Cholesterol and affective morbidity

JG Fiedorowicz, NM Palagummi, O Behrendtsen… - Psychiatry …, 2010 - Elsevier
Depression and mania have been linked with low cholesterol though there has been limited
prospective study of cholesterol and subsequent course of affective illness. We studied the …

Increased cholesterol levels during paroxetine administration in healthy men

N Lara, GB Baker, SL Archer… - Journal of Clinical …, 2003 - psychiatrist.com
Background: Despite the frequent use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in patients
with coronary heart disease (CHD), their effects on plasma lipid levels have not been …

Changes in plasma cholesterol in mood disorder patients: Does treatment make a difference?

A Gabriel - Journal of affective disorders, 2007 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of treatment in patients with acute episodes of major
depressive (MD) and manic or hypomanic (M/HM) episodes and co-morbid generalized …

Serum lipids: new biological markers in depression?

A Khalid, N Lal, JK Trivedi, PK Dalal… - Indian Journal of …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Several studies suggest that a low cholesterol concentration is associated with depression.
The authors sought to determine whether an association exists between serum lipid …

Elevated total cholesterol in severely depressed patients: Role in cardiovascular risk?

PP Das, S Malhotra, S Chakrabarti… - The World Journal of …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Background. Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membrane constituting the
neuronal cells and mediates multiple functions affecting neuronal transmission in the central …

Cholesterol-lowering medication and relapse of depression.

DC Steffens, DR McQuoid… - Psychopharmacology …, 2003 - europepmc.org
This study sought to examine the effects of taking cholesterol-lowering medication on
outcomes of depression among older depressed adults. 243 elderly depressed patients …