Diet, stress and mental health

JD Bremner, K Moazzami, MT Wittbrodt, JA Nye… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Introduction: There has long been an interest in the effects of diet on mental health, and the
interaction of the two with stress; however, the nature of these relationships is not well …

Homocysteine–from disease biomarker to disease prevention

AD Smith, H Refsum - Journal of internal medicine, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We have reviewed the literature and have identified more than 100 diseases or conditions
that are associated with raised concentrations of plasma total homocysteine. The …

Homocysteine excess: delineating the possible mechanism of neurotoxicity and depression

P Bhatia, N Singh - Fundamental & clinical pharmacology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Homocysteine (Hcy) is a nonproteogenic sulfur containing amino acid derived from dietary
methionine through demethylation. Homocysteine can be re‐methylated to methionine …

The association between serum homocysteine and depression: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies

F Moradi, K Lotfi, M Armin, CCT Clark… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Hyperhomocysteinaemia is known to interfere with neurological functions;
however, there is a controversy regarding the relationship between homocysteine and …

Combination of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and homocysteine predicts the post-stroke depression in patients with ischemic stroke

LS Cheng, WJ Tu, Y Shen, LJ Zhang, K Ji - Molecular Neurobiology, 2018 - Springer
In this study, we examined the changes in high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) and
homocysteine (HCY) levels, two of the risk factors, during the acute period of ischemic stroke …

Interaction of serum vitamin B12 and folate with MTHFR genotypes on risk of ischemic stroke

X Qin, JD Spence, J Li, Y Zhang, Y Li, N Sun, M Liang… - Neurology, 2020 - AAN Enterprises
Objective We evaluated the interaction of serum folate and vitamin B12 with
methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T genotypes on the risk of first ischemic …

Associations between serum homocysteine levels and anxiety and depression among children and adolescents in Taiwan

KH Chung, HY Chiou, YH Chen - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Although evidence suggests that homocysteine levels are elevated in severe mental illness
in children, findings regarding homocysteine levels in youth with anxiety and depression are …

Castelli risk indexes 1 and 2 are higher in major depression but other characteristics of the metabolic syndrome are not specific to mood disorders

HO Vargas, SOV Nunes, DS Barbosa, MM Vargas… - Life sciences, 2014 - Elsevier
Aims This study examined whether Castelli risk indexes 1 (total/high-density lipoprotein
(HDL) cholesterol) and 2 (low density lipoprotein (LDL)/HDL cholesterol) and other shared …

Homocysteine can aggravate depressive like behaviors in a middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion rat model: a possible role for NMDARs-mediated synaptic …

M Wang, X Liang, Q Zhang, S Luo, H Liu… - Nutritional …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Post-stroke depression (PSD), the most frequent psychiatric complication
following stroke, could have a negative impact on the recuperation of stroke patients …

Serum levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein at admission are more strongly associated with poststroke depression in acute ischemic stroke than homocysteine …

CZ Tang, YL Zhang, WS Wang, WG Li, JP Shi - Molecular neurobiology, 2016 - Springer
Inflammatory processes have fundamental roles in depression. The primary purpose of this
study was to assess the serum levels of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (Hs-CRP) and …