Influences of dopaminergic system dysfunction on late-life depression

WD Taylor, DH Zald, JC Felger, S Christman… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Deficits in cognition, reward processing, and motor function are clinical features relevant to
both aging and depression. Individuals with late-life depression often show impairment …

Aiding and abetting anhedonia: impact of inflammation on the brain and pharmacological implications

MJ Lucido, M Bekhbat, DR Goldsmith… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - ASPET
Exogenous administration of inflammatory stimuli to humans and laboratory animals and
chronic endogenous inflammatory states lead to motivational deficits and ultimately …

Functional connectivity in reward circuitry and symptoms of anhedonia as therapeutic targets in depression with high inflammation: evidence from a dopamine …

M Bekhbat, Z Li, ND Mehta, MT Treadway… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Increased inflammation in major depressive disorder (MDD) has been associated with low
functional connectivity (FC) in corticostriatal reward circuits and symptoms of anhedonia …

Dopamine receptors: is it possible to become a therapeutic target for depression?

F Zhao, Z Cheng, J Piao, R Cui, B Li - Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Dopamine and its receptors are currently recognized targets for the treatment of several
neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, some drug use …

Inflammation as a pathophysiologic pathway to anhedonia: mechanisms and therapeutic implications

M Bekhbat, MT Treadway, JC Felger - … : Preclinical, Translational, and …, 2022 - Springer
Anhedonia, characterized by a lack of motivation, interest, or ability to experience pleasure,
is a prominent symptom of depression and other psychiatric disorders and has been …

The frail depressed patient: a narrative review on treatment challenges

I Aprahamian, MK Borges, DJC Hanssen… - … interventions in aging, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Although the public importance of frailty is widely acknowledged by the World Health
Organization, physical frailty is still largely neglected in geriatric mental health care. Firstly in …

Frailty and depression in late life: a high-risk comorbidity with distinctive clinical presentation and poor antidepressant response

PJ Brown, A Ciarleglio, SP Roose… - The Journals of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background To investigate the longitudinal relationship between physical frailty, the clinical
representation of accelerated biological aging, and antidepressant medication response in …

Urinary metabonomics study of anti-depressive mechanisms of Millettia speciosa Champ on rats with chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced depression

C Zhang, YY Mo, SS Feng, MW Meng, SY Chen… - … of Pharmaceutical and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), Millettia speciosa Champ (MSC), exerts a wide
range of pharmacological activities. Our research group previously found that MSC has …

Frailty worsens antidepressant treatment outcomes in late life depression

PJ Brown, A Ciarleglio, SP Roose, CM Garcia… - The American Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the relationship between frailty and treatment response to
antidepressant medications in adults with late life depression (LLD). Methods Data were …

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Association between neuromelanin-sensitive MRI signal and psychomotor slowing in late-life depression

K Wengler, BK Ashinoff, E Pueraro… - …, 2021 - nature.com
Late-life depression (LLD) is a prevalent and disabling condition in older adults that is often
accompanied by slowed processing and gait speed. These symptoms are related to …