Initial treatment choices to achieve sustained response in major depression: a systematic review and network meta‐analysis

TA Furukawa, K Shinohara, E Sahker… - World …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Major depression is often a relapsing disorder. It is therefore important to start its treatment
with therapies that maximize the chance of not only getting the patients well but also keeping …

Discontinuation of antidepressants after remission with antidepressant medication in major depressive disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Kato, H Hori, T Inoue, J Iga, M Iwata, T Inagaki… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
A significant clinical issue encountered after a successful acute major depressive disorder
(MDD) treatment is the relapse of depressive symptoms. Although continuing maintenance …

Vitamin D supplementation ameliorates severity of major depressive disorder

S Alghamdi, N Alsulami, S Khoja, H Alsufiani… - Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Major depressive disorder is a serious neuropsychiatric disease that leads to significant
impairment in social functioning and increased morbidity and mortality. Low vitamin D (25 …

Resting state functional connectivity patterns as biomarkers of treatment response to escitalopram in patients with major depressive disorder

MAG Martens, N Filippini, CJ Harmer… - …, 2021 - Springer
Rational With no available response biomarkers, matching an appropriate antidepressant to
an individual can be a lengthy process. Improving understanding of processes underlying …

Fast-acting antidepressant-like effects of Reelin evaluated in the repeated-corticosterone chronic stress paradigm

KJ Brymer, J Johnston, JJ Botterill… - …, 2020 - nature.com
The present report examines the effects of repeated or single intrahippocampal Reelin
infusions on measures of depressive-like behavior, cognition, and hippocampal …

Effect of adverse childhood experiences on hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis function and antidepressant efficacy in untreated first episode patients with …

JZ Yang, CY Kang, J Yuan, Y Zhang, YJ Wei… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been associated not only with an increased
vulnerability for stress-related psychiatric disorders but also with distinct alterations of the …

Pain pathways and potential new targets for pain relief

M Wang, B Thyagarajan - Biotechnology and applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience that affects a sizable percentage of
people on a daily basis. Sensory neurons known as nociceptors built specifically to detect …

The Contribution of Genetic Testing in Optimizing Therapy for Patients with Recurrent Depressive Disorder

RI Platona, F Voiță-Mekeres, C Tudoran… - Clinics and …, 2024 - mdpi.com
(1) Background: The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of pharmacogenetic-guided
antidepressant therapy on the 12-month evolution of the intensity of depressive symptoms in …

Ketamine rescues hippocampal reelin expression and synaptic markers in the repeated-corticosterone chronic stress paradigm

JN Johnston, JS Thacker, C Desjardins… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, which necessitates novel
therapeutics and biomarkers to approach treatment of this neuropsychiatric disorder. To …

The preclinical discovery and development of agomelatine for the treatment of depression

G Konstantakopoulos, S Dimitrakopoulos… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Under the treatment of commonly used antidepressants, many patients with
major depressive disorder (MDD) do not achieve remission. All previous first-line treatments …