Natural health products, dietary minerals and over-the-counter medications as add-on therapies to antidepressants in the treatment of major depressive disorder: a …

P Dome, L Tombor, J Lazary, X Gonda, Z Rihmer - Brain Research Bulletin, 2019 - Elsevier
Given the moderate efficacy of the currently available antidepressants (ADs) in the treatment
of major depressive disorder (MDD), the identification of agents that are both able to …

Current investigational drugs for major depression

SK Kulkarni, A Dhir - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) report has predicted that major
depression will become a key cause of illness-induced disability by the year 2020, second …

Depressive-like behavior induced by tumor necrosis factor-α in mice

MP Kaster, VM Gadotti, JB Calixto, ARS Santos… - …, 2012 - Elsevier
Pro-inflammatory cytokines are implicated in the pathogenesis of depression. However, few
animal models of cytokine-induced depression well characterized regarding its response to …

Atorvastatin prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behaviour in mice

EH Taniguti, YS Ferreira, IJV Stupp… - Brain research …, 2019 - Elsevier
Clinical and pre-clinical evidences indicate an association between inflammation and
depression since increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines are associated with …

Antidepressant-like effect of quercetin in bulbectomized mice and involvement of the antioxidant defenses, and the glutamatergic and oxidonitrergic pathways

I Holzmann, LM da Silva, JAC da Silva… - Pharmacology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Olfactory bulbectomy (OB) is an animal model of depression that can mimic symptoms that
are characteristic of depressive patients, such as behavioral, neurochemical and …

Folic acid prevents depressive-like behavior and hippocampal antioxidant imbalance induced by restraint stress in mice

J Budni, AD Zomkowski, D Engel, DB Santos… - Experimental …, 2013 - Elsevier
Experimental and epidemiological studies have shown the close relationship between
stressful events, depression, and cognitive impairment. Folic acid has been reported to …

Neuroprotective effect of melatonin against lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior in mice

EH Taniguti, YS Ferreira, IJV Stupp… - Physiology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence indicates an interaction between inflammation and depression since
increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines are associated with depression-related …

Folic acid ameliorates synaptic impairment following cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury via inhibiting excessive activation of NMDA receptors

X Liang, L Shi, M Wang, L Zhang, Z Gong, S Luo… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Folic acid, a water-soluble B-vitamin, has been demonstrated to decrease the risk of first
stroke and improve its poor prognosis. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for …

Folic acid prevents depressive-like behavior induced by chronic corticosterone treatment in mice

PB Rosa, CM Ribeiro, LEB Bettio, A Colla… - Pharmacology …, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of folic acid on depressive-like
behavior induced by chronic administration of corticosterone in mice. Corticosterone (20 …

Guanosine produces an antidepressant-like effect through the modulation of NMDA receptors, nitric oxide–cGMP and PI3K/mTOR pathways

LEB Bettio, MP Cunha, J Budni, FL Pazini… - Behavioural brain …, 2012 - Elsevier
Guanosine is an extracellular signaling molecule implicated in the modulation of
glutamatergic transmission and neuroprotection. The present study evaluated the …