Dopamine, immunity, and disease

B Channer, SM Matt, EA Nickoloff-Bybel, V Pappa… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - ASPET
The neurotransmitter dopamine is a key factor in central nervous system (CNS) function,
regulating many processes including reward, movement, and cognition. Dopamine also …

Insights from myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome may help unravel the pathogenesis of postacute COVID-19 syndrome

AL Komaroff, WI Lipkin - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2021 - cell.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can cause chronic and
acute disease. Postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) include injury to the …

Psychiatric face of COVID-19

L Steardo Jr, L Steardo, A Verkhratsky - Translational psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) represents a severe multiorgan
pathology which, besides cardio-respiratory manifestations, affects the function of the central …

Climate change, environment pollution, COVID-19 pandemic and mental health

D Marazziti, P Cianconi, F Mucci, L Foresi… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Converging data would indicate the existence of possible relationships between climate
change, environmental pollution and epidemics/pandemics, such as the current one due to …

Neuroinflammation induces anxiety-and depressive-like behavior by modulating neuronal plasticity in the basolateral amygdala

ZH Zheng, JL Tu, XH Li, Q Hua, WZ Liu, Y Liu… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence indicates that excessive inflammatory responses play a crucial role in
the pathophysiology of psychiatric diseases, including depression and anxiety disorders …

The cerebral network of COVID-19-related encephalopathy: a longitudinal voxel-based 18F-FDG-PET study

A Kas, M Soret, N Pyatigoskaya, MO Habert… - European journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Little is known about the neuronal substrates of neuropsychiatric symptoms
associated with COVID-19 and their evolution during the course of the disease. We aimed at …

The role of the immune system in posttraumatic stress disorder

S Katrinli, NCS Oliveira, JC Felger… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops in a subset of individuals upon exposure to
traumatic stress. In addition to well-defined psychological and behavioral symptoms, some …

[HTML][HTML] Inflammation-related functional and structural dysconnectivity as a pathway to psychopathology

DR Goldsmith, M Bekhbat, ND Mehta, JC Felger - Biological psychiatry, 2023 - Elsevier
Findings from numerous laboratories and across neuroimaging modalities have consistently
shown that exogenous administration of cytokines or inflammatory stimuli that induce …

[HTML][HTML] Novel pharmacological targets in drug development for the treatment of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders

SB Sartori, N Singewald - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Current medication for anxiety disorders is suboptimal in terms of efficiency and tolerability,
highlighting the need for improved drug treatments. In this review an overview of drugs …

New insights into the pivotal role of the amygdala in inflammation-related depression and anxiety disorder

P Hu, Y Lu, BX Pan, WH Zhang - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Depression and anxiety disorders are the two most prevalent psychiatric diseases that affect
hundreds of millions of individuals worldwide. Understanding the etiology and related …