Microglia in depression: an overview of microglia in the pathogenesis and treatment of depression

H Wang, Y He, Z Sun, S Ren, M Liu, G Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Major depressive disorder is a highly debilitating psychiatric disorder involving the
dysfunction of different cell types in the brain. Microglia are the predominant resident …

Suicide and suicide risk

G Turecki, DA Brent, D Gunnell, RC O'Connor… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2019 - nature.com
Although recent years have seen large decreases in the overall global rate of suicide
fatalities, this trend is not reflected everywhere. Suicide and suicidal behaviour continue to …

Involvement of astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease from a neuroinflammatory and oxidative stress perspective

RE González-Reyes, MO Nava-Mesa… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a frequent and devastating neurodegenerative disease in
humans, but still no curative treatment has been developed. Although many explicative …

Psychedelics and other psychoplastogens for treating mental illness

MV Vargas, R Meyer, AA Avanes, M Rus… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Psychedelics have inspired new hope for treating brain disorders, as they seem to be unlike
any treatments currently available. Not only do they produce sustained therapeutic effects …

Neurotrophic factors and neuroplasticity pathways in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression

MJF Levy, F Boulle, HW Steinbusch… - …, 2018 - Springer
Depression is a major health problem with a high prevalence and a heavy socioeconomic
burden in western societies. It is associated with atrophy and impaired functioning of cortico …

Inflammation, glutamate, and glia: a trio of trouble in mood disorders

E Haroon, AH Miller, G Sanacora - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2017 - nature.com
Increasing data indicate that inflammation and alterations in glutamate neurotransmission
are two novel pathways to pathophysiology in mood disorders. The primary goal of this …

Synaptic mechanisms regulating mood state transitions in depression

PK Parekh, SB Johnson, C Liston - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Depression is an episodic form of mental illness characterized by mood state transitions with
poorly understood neurobiological mechanisms. Antidepressants reverse the effects of …

Pathogenesis of depression: insights from human and rodent studies

C Ménard, GE Hodes, SJ Russo - Neuroscience, 2016 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) will affect one out of every five people in their lifetime and
is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Nevertheless, mechanisms associated with the …

Prevalencia, causas y tratamiento de la depresión Mayor

EA Pérez-Padilla, VM Cervantes-Ramírez… - Revista …, 2017 - scielo.org.mx
La depresión mayor representa un problema de salud pública debido a su alta prevalencia.
La etiología de la depresión es compleja ya que en ella intervienen factores psicosociales …

Dendritic spines in depression: what we learned from animal models

H Qiao, MX Li, C Xu, HB Chen, SC An… - Neural plasticity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Depression, a severe psychiatric disorder, has been studied for decades, but the underlying
mechanisms still remain largely unknown. Depression is closely associated with alterations …