Microvascular contribution to late-onset depression: mechanisms, current evidence, association with other brain diseases, and therapeutic perspectives

JP Empana, P Boutouyrie, C Lemogne, X Jouven… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Depression is common in older individuals and is associated with high disability and
mortality. A major problem is treatment resistance:> 50% of older patients do not respond to …

Association of antihypertensive drug target genes with psychiatric disorders: a Mendelian randomization study

S Chauquet, Z Zhu, MC O'Donovan… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Observational studies have reported associations between antihypertensive
medication and psychiatric disorders, although the reported direction of association appears …

Angiotensin receptor blockers are not just for hypertension anymore

JM Saavedra - Physiology, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Beyond blood pressure control, angiotensin receptor blockers reduce common injury
mechanisms, decreasing excessive inflammation and protecting endothelial and …

Drug repositioning for treatment-resistant depression: Hypotheses from a pharmacogenomic study

C Fabbri, S Kasper, J Zohar, D Souery… - Progress in Neuro …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract About 20–30% of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) develop treatment-
resistant depression (TRD) and finding new effective treatments for TRD has been a …

Antihypertensive drug use and the risk of depression: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Y Li, Y Fan, Y Sun, RN Alolga, P Xiao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Although numerous cohort studies have reported an association between
antihypertensives use and depression, the exact effect of antihypertensives on depression …

Transcriptomic analysis of mouse brain after traumatic brain injury reveals that the angiotensin receptor blocker candesartan acts through novel pathways

PJ Attilio, DM Snapper, M Rusnak, A Isaac… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) results in complex pathological reactions, where the initial lesion
is followed by secondary inflammation and edema. Our laboratory and others have reported …

Onset and recurrence of psychiatric disorders associated with anti-hypertensive drug classes

L Colbourne, S Luciano, PJ Harrison - Translational Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The major anti-hypertensive (AHT) drug classes have been associated with differential risks
of psychiatric disorders. However, existing data are limited largely to depression, and …

The relationship between antihypertensive medications and mood disorders: analysis of linked healthcare data for 1.8 million patients

RJ Shaw, D Mackay, JP Pell, S Padmanabhan… - Psychological …, 2021 - cambridge.org
BackgroundRecent work suggests that antihypertensive medications may be useful as
repurposed treatments for mood disorders. Using large-scale linked healthcare data we …

Blood pressure in bipolar disorder: evidence of elevated pulse pressure and associations between mean pressure and mood instability

NM McGowan, M Nichols, AC Bilderbeck… - International journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with excess and premature cardiovascular
mortality. Elevated blood pressure (BP) is a leading contributor to cardiovascular risk …

Risk factors and ambulatory outcome in ischemic stroke patients with pre-stroke depression

M Okon, B Blum, TI Nathaniel - Journal of Vascular Nursing, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective It is well known that post-stroke depression might be a negative factor for stroke
recovery, however there is limited evidence to establish the link between pre-stroke …