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Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations of Depression: Relation to the Neurobiology of Stress
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, recurrent, and severe psychiatric disorder with high mortality and medical comorbidities. Stress-related pathways have been directly involved in the pathophysiology and treatment of MDD. The present paper provides an overview on the stress system as a model to understand key pathophysiological paradigms in MDD. These mechanisms involve behavioral, cognitive, and systemic manifestations and are also associated with the mechanisms of action of effective antidepressants. Aspects such as depression subtypes, inflammation, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and prothrombotic states in critical brain circuits and periphery are critically appraised. Finally, new strategies for approaching treatment-resistant major depression and potential adverse effects associated with this complex and intricate network are highlighted. The authors used PubMed as the database for this review. Each author extracted relevant data and assessed the methodological quality of each study.
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- Authors
- Gold, P. W., Machado-Vieira, R., & Pavlatou, M. G.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
- Corresponding author
- Gold, Phillip W.
- ORCID
- Pavlatou, Maria G.
- Venue
- Neural Plasticity
- Publisher
- Hindawi Limited
- Published
- 2015
- Volume
- 2015
- Pages
- 1-11
- ISSN
- 1687-5443 (ISSN-L)
- 2090-5904
- PMC
- PMC4387963
- OpenAlex
- W2055457894
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 24 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 29 · 2016: 20 · 2015: 6
- FWCI
- 3.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- Neural Plasticity (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology (medical) › Treatment of Major Depression
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Keywords
- major depressive disorder, stress system, neurobiology of stress, depression pathophysiology, antidepressant mechanism, depression subtypes, inflammation, insulin resistance, oxidative stress, hypercoagulability, treatment-resistant depression, antidepressant side effects
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Brain, Depressive Disorder, Homeostasis, Humans, Inflammation, Neuronal Plasticity, Stress, Physiological, Stress, Psychological, Oxidative Stress, Neurogenesis
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