Depression is a serious psychiatric disorder frequently comorbid with autoimmune disorders. Previous work in our lab has demonstrated that repeated corticosterone (CORT) injections in rats reliably increase depressive-like behavior, impair hippocampal ...
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Antidepressant use associated with increased risk of hip fracture in the older population [PDF]
Commentary on: Torvinen-Kiiskinen S, Tolppanen AM, Koponen M, et al. Antidepressant use and risk of hip fractures among community-dwelling persons with and without Alzheimer's disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2017. doi: 10.1002/gps.4667.
Kennedy, Michelle
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The major drug binding site of sodium channels is inaccessible from the extracellular side, drug molecules can only access it either from the membrane phase, or from the intracellular aqueous phase.
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Telomere length as a predictor of response to Pioglitazone in patients with unremitted depression: a preliminary study. [PDF]
We studied peripheral leukocyte telomere length (LTL) as a predictor of antidepressant response to PPAR-γ agonist in patients with unremitted depression.
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Antidepressant drugs and the response in the placebo group: the real problem lies in our understanding of the issue [PDF]
In a recent paper, Horder and colleagues (Horder et al., 2010, J Psychopharmacol 25: 1277–1288) have suggested that the mainproblem in the Kirsch analysis is methodological. We argue that the results are similar irrespective of the method used.
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C Brendan Montano,1,2 W Clay Jackson,3,4 Denise Vanacore,5 Richard H Weisler6,7 1Montano Wellness LLC, Cromwell, CT, USA; 2Department of Family Medicine, University of Connecticut Medical School, Farmington, CT, USA; 3Department of Psychiatry and Family ...
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Antidepressant Potential of Lotus corniculatus L. subsp. corniculatus: An Ethnobotany Based Approach
As a Turkish traditional medicinal plant, aerial parts of Lotus corniculatus L. subsp. corniculatus (Fabaceae) are used as a painkiller, antihemoroidal, diuretic and sedative. In this study, the antidepressant potential of the plant has been attempted to
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Mirroring everyday clinical practice in clinical trial design: a new concept to improve the external validity of randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trials in the pharmacological treatment of major depression [PDF]
Background: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials constitute the gold standard in clinical research when testing the efficacy of new psychopharmacological interventions in the treatment of major depression.
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Escitalopram versus paroxetine controlled release in major depressive disorder: a randomized trial
Taro Kishi,1 Yuki Matsuda,1 Shinji Matsunaga,1 Masatsugu Moriwaki,1,2 Yoichiro Otake,2 Kaku Akamatsu,3 Tomo Okochi,4 Shigeki Hirano,4 Toshihiko Funahashi,5 Momoko Okuda,6 Hideaki Tabuse,6 Kiyoshi Fujita,2 Nakao Iwata1 1Department of Psychiatry, Fujita ...
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Neuroactive steroids in depression and anxiety disorders: Clinical studies [PDF]
Certain neuroactive steroids modulate ligand-gated ion channels via non-genomic mechanisms. Especially 3 alpha-reduced pregnane steroids are potent positive allosteric modulators of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A (GABA(A)) receptor.
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