Revisiting the stress concept: implications for affective disorders

BS McEwen, H Akil - Journal of Neuroscience, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
Over the last 50 years, the concept of stress has evolved significantly, and our
understanding of the underlying neurobiology has expanded dramatically. Rather than …

Altered connectivity in depression: GABA and glutamate neurotransmitter deficits and reversal by novel treatments

RS Duman, G Sanacora, JH Krystal - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology and treatment of depression and stress-
related disorders remain unclear, but studies in depressed patients and rodent models are …

Shared mechanisms across the major psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases

TS Wingo, Y Liu, ES Gerasimov, SM Vattathil… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Several common psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases share epidemiologic risk;
however, whether they share pathophysiology is unclear and is the focus of our …

A non-hallucinogenic LSD analog with therapeutic potential for mood disorders

V Lewis, EM Bonniwell, JK Lanham, A Ghaffari… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Hallucinations limit widespread therapeutic use of psychedelics as rapidly acting
antidepressants. Here we profiled the non-hallucinogenic lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) …

Stress, epigenetics and depression: a systematic review

C Park, JD Rosenblat, E Brietzke, Z Pan, Y Lee… - Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental stressors, such as childhood maltreatment, have been recognized to
contribute to the development of depression. Growing evidence suggests that epigenetic …

Sex differences in depression: Insights from clinical and preclinical studies

RS Eid, AR Gobinath, LAM Galea - Progress in neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Depression represents a global mental health concern, and disproportionally affects women
as they are twice more likely to be diagnosed than men. In this review, we provide a …

The neurobiology of stress: Vulnerability, resilience, and major depression

H Akil, EJ Nestler - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Over the past few years, the perceived level of psychological stress has risen dramatically
across the globe due to a combination of events including the long-lasting Covid-19 …

The cortisol switch between vulnerability and resilience

ER de Kloet, M Joëls - Molecular Psychiatry, 2024 - nature.com
In concert with neuropeptides and transmitters, the end products of the hypothalamus-
pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the glucocorticoid hormones cortisol and corticosterone …

Brain proteome-wide association study implicates novel proteins in depression pathogenesis

TS Wingo, Y Liu, ES Gerasimov, J Gockley… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Depression is a common condition, but current treatments are only effective in a subset of
individuals. To identify new treatment targets, we integrated depression genome-wide …

Classic serotonergic psychedelics for mood and depressive symptoms: a meta-analysis of mood disorder patients and healthy participants

NL Galvão-Coelho, W Marx, M Gonzalez, J Sinclair… - …, 2021 - Springer
Rationale Major depressive disorder is one of the leading global causes of disability, for
which the classic serotonergic psychedelics have recently reemerged as a potential …