Major depressive disorder

W Marx, BWJH Penninx, M Solmi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by persistent depressed mood, loss of
interest or pleasure in previously enjoyable activities, recurrent thoughts of death, and …

Diet and depression: exploring the biological mechanisms of action

W Marx, M Lane, M Hockey, H Aslam, M Berk… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
The field of nutritional psychiatry has generated observational and efficacy data supporting a
role for healthy dietary patterns in depression onset and symptom management. To guide …

Neuroinflammation and depression: A review

R Troubat, P Barone, S Leman… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Some recent clinical and preclinical evidence suggests that neuroinflammation is a key
factor that interacts with the three neurobiological correlates of major depressive disorder …

Formation and integration of new neurons in the adult hippocampus

A Denoth-Lippuner, S Jessberger - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Neural stem cells (NSCs) generate new neurons throughout life in the mammalian brain.
Adult-born neurons shape brain function, and endogenous NSCs could potentially be …

Early life adversity shapes neural circuit function during sensitive postnatal developmental periods

L Malave, MT van Dijk, C Anacker - Translational psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
Early life adversity (ELA) is a major risk factor for mental illness, but the neurobiological
mechanisms by which ELA increases the risk for future psychopathology are still poorly …

Single-cell transcriptomics of adult macaque hippocampus reveals neural precursor cell populations

ZZ Hao, JR Wei, D Xiao, R Liu, N Xu, L Tang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The extent to which neurogenesis occurs in adult primates remains controversial. In this
study, using an optimized single-cell RNA sequencing pipeline, we profiled 207,785 cells …

Tau accumulation in astrocytes of the dentate gyrus induces neuronal dysfunction and memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease

K Richetin, P Steullet, M Pachoud, R Perbet… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the accumulation of the tau protein in neurons,
neurodegeneration and memory loss. However, the role of non-neuronal cells in this chain …

Neurogenesis in aging and age-related neurodegenerative diseases

L Culig, X Chu, VA Bohr - Ageing research reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Adult neurogenesis, the process by which neurons are generated in certain areas of the
adult brain, declines in an age-dependent manner and is one potential target for extending …

Noninvasive hippocampal blood− brain barrier opening in Alzheimer's disease with focused ultrasound

AR Rezai, M Ranjan, PF D'Haese… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) presents a significant challenge for treating brain disorders.
The hippocampus is a key target for novel therapeutics, playing an important role in …

Restoring miR-132 expression rescues adult hippocampal neurogenesis and memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease

H Walgrave, S Balusu, S Snoeck, EV Eynden… - Cell Stem Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Neural stem cells residing in the hippocampal neurogenic niche sustain lifelong
neurogenesis in the adult brain. Adult hippocampal neurogenesis (AHN) is functionally …