Treatment resistant depression: a multi-scale, systems biology approach

H Akil, J Gordon, R Hen, J Javitch, H Mayberg… - Neuroscience & …, 2018 - Elsevier
An estimated 50% of depressed patients are inadequately treated by available interventions.
Even with an eventual recovery, many patients require a trial and error approach, as there …

Research and treatment approaches to depression

ML Wong, J Licinio - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2001 - nature.com
Depression is a major cause of disability worldwide, but we know little about the underlying
fundamental biology. Research is hindered by the difficulties of modelling a disorder of …

Are we getting closer to valid translational models for major depression?

O Berton, CG Hahn, ME Thase - Science, 2012 - science.org
Advances in characterizing the neuropathology and functional dysconnectivity of depression
and promising trials with emerging circuit-targeted and fast-onset therapeutics are providing …

Linking molecules to mood: new insight into the biology of depression

V Krishnan, EJ Nestler - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2010 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Major depressive disorder is a heritable psychiatric syndrome that appears to be associated
with subtle cellular and molecular alterations in a complex neural network. The affected …

Toward circuit mechanisms of pathophysiology in depression

T Spellman, C Liston - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
The search for more effective treatments for depression is a long-standing primary objective
in both psychiatry and translational neuroscience. From initial models centered on …

The state of our understanding of the pathophysiology and optimal treatment of depression: glass half full or half empty?

CB Nemeroff - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Major depressive disorder is a remarkably common and often severe psychiatric disorder
associated with high levels of morbidity and mortality. Patients with major depression are …

Depression and treatment response: dynamic interplay of signaling pathways and altered neural processes

V Duric, RS Duman - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2013 - Springer
Since the 1960s, when the first tricyclic and monoamine oxidase inhibitor antidepressant
drugs were introduced, most of the ensuing agents were designed to target similar brain …

[HTML][HTML] Animal models of major depression: drawbacks and challenges

B Planchez, A Surget, C Belzung - Journal of Neural Transmission, 2019 - Springer
Major depression is a leading contributor to the global burden of disease. This situation is
mainly related to the chronicity and/or recurrence of the disorder, and to poor response to …

[HTML][HTML] Circuit-wide transcriptional profiling reveals brain region-specific gene networks regulating depression susceptibility

RC Bagot, HM Cates, I Purushothaman, ZS Lorsch… - Neuron, 2016 - cell.com
Depression is a complex, heterogeneous disorder and a leading contributor to the global
burden of disease. Most previous research has focused on individual brain regions and …

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 …