[HTML][HTML] The role of BDNF in major depressive disorder, related clinical features, and antidepressant treatment: Insight from meta-analyses

D Cavaleri, F Moretti, A Bartoccetti, S Mauro… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has received considerable attention as a
potential biomarker of major depressive disorder (MDD) and antidepressant response. We …

[HTML][HTML] Psilocybin, a naturally occurring indoleamine compound, could be useful to prevent suicidal behaviors

R Strumila, B Nobile, L Korsakova, A Lengvenyte… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
The available interventions for people who are at risk of suicide have limited efficacy.
Recently, research on new mental health treatments has started to consider psychedelic …

Effects of neuronavigation-guided rTMS on serum BDNF, TrkB and VGF levels in depressive patients with suicidal ideation

F Pan, T Mou, J Shao, H Chen, S Tao, L Wang… - Journal of affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Neuronavigation-guided high-dose repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation
(rTMS) could rapidly treat depressive patients with suicidal ideation. But the mechanism of …

[HTML][HTML] Current perspectives on pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the inflammatory mechanism of unipolar depression

IA Dogaru, MG Puiu, M Manea, V Dionisie - Brain Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Since depression remains a major public health issue there is a constant need for new and
more efficient therapeutic strategies based on the mechanisms involved in the aetiology of …

[HTML][HTML] The Possible Role of Brain-derived Neurotrophic Factor in Epilepsy

R AlRuwaili, HM Al-Kuraishy, AI Al-Gareeb… - Neurochemical …, 2023 - Springer
Epilepsy is a neurological disease characterized by repeated seizures. Despite of that the
brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is implicated in the pathogenesis of …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in first-episode and recurrent major depression and before and after bright light therapy in treatment-resistant …

B Kosanovic Rajacic, M Sagud, D Begic… - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is implicated in the etiology and treatment
response in major depressive disorder (MDD). However, peripheral BDNF concentrations …

[HTML][HTML] C-Reactive protein as a potential peripheral biomarker for high-lethality suicide attempts

A Aguglia, A Natale, L Fusar-Poli, GB Gnecco… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
The aim of the present study was to identify a cut-off of c-reactive protein (c-RP) potentially
predictive of high-lethality suicide attempts (SA) in an inpatient psychiatric sample. After …

Stress, mental disorder and ketamine as a novel, rapid acting treatment

M Dutton, AT Can, J Lagopoulos… - European …, 2022 - Elsevier
The experience of stress is often utilised in models of emerging mental illness and
neurobiological systems are implicated as the intermediary link between the experience of …

Plasma biomarkers in adolescents with schizophrenia‐spectrum disorder

P Zakowicz, M Skibińska, F Waśniewski… - Early Intervention in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Schizophrenia onset in the developmental age has a strong neurodevelopmental
burden and is associated with a poorer prognosis. The approach to diagnosis is still based …

Associations of serum cortisol levels, stress perception, and stressful events with suicidal behaviors in patients with depressive disorders

W Choi, HJ Kang, JW Kim, HK Kim, HC Kang… - Journal of affective …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Stress is a well-known risk factor of suicide. However, there is a lack of research
on the best psychobiological markers of stress for monitoring and predicting suicidal …