Gut microbiota–brain axis in depression: The role of neuroinflammation

AS Carlessi, LA Borba, AI Zugno… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a psychiatric condition that affects a large number of
people in the world, and the treatment existents do not work for all individuals affected. Thus …

Antidepressant effects of ketamine and the roles of AMPA glutamate receptors and other mechanisms beyond NMDA receptor antagonism

LR Aleksandrova, AG Phillips, YT Wang - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2017 - jpn.ca
The molecular mechanisms underlying major depressive disorder remain poorly
understood, and current antidepressant treatments have many shortcomings. The recent …

Dysfunctional serotonergic neuron-astrocyte signaling in depressive-like states

C González-Arias, A Sánchez-Ruiz, J Esparza… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Astrocytes play crucial roles in brain homeostasis and are regulatory elements of neuronal
and synaptic physiology. Astrocytic alterations have been found in Major Depressive …

The molecular pathophysiology of depression and the new therapeutics

H Tian, Z Hu, J Xu, C Wang - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a highly prevalent and disabling disorder. Despite the
many hypotheses proposed to understand the molecular pathophysiology of depression, it is …

Evaluation of the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression and the role of synaptic plasticity in depression and antidepressant response

LR Aleksandrova, YT Wang, AG Phillips - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2019 - Elsevier
In order to expand the prospects of developing novel antidepressants for treatment-resistant
populations, animal models should incorporate not only various stress-induced behavioural …

Early maternal deprivation induces microglial activation, alters glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity and indoleamine 2, 3-dioxygenase during the …

GZ Réus, RH Silva, AB de Moura, JF Presa… - Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Maternal deprivation (MD) induces behavioral changes and impacts brain circuits that could
be associated with the pathophysiology of depression. This study investigated the markers …

Astroglia in the vulnerability to and maintenance of stress-mediated neuropathology and depression

JJ Miguel-Hidalgo - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Significant stress exposure and psychiatric depression are associated with morphological,
biochemical, and physiological disturbances of astrocytes in specific brain regions relevant …

Memantine treatment exerts an antidepressant-like effect by preventing hippocampal mitochondrial dysfunction and memory impairment via upregulation of CREB …

SK Mishra, MK Hidau, S Rai - Neurochemistry International, 2021 - Elsevier
Mitochondrial and cognitive dysfunctions have long been associated with major depressive
disorders (MDDs). Studies have shown that Memantine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) …

Global arginine bioavailability ratio is decreased in patients with major depressive disorder

T Ali-Sisto, T Tolmunen, H Viinamäki… - Journal of affective …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is characterized by increased oxidative and
nitrosative stress. We compared nitric oxide metabolism, ie, the global arginine …

Resilience dysregulation in major depressive disorder: focus on glutamatergic imbalance and microglial activation

GZ Réus, AB de Moura, RH Silva… - Current …, 2018 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Many studies have been shown an important role of glutamatergic system as
well microglial activation in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). In …