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Oxidative Stress and Psychological Disorders

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Salim, Samina·2014·Current Neuropharmacology

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Oxidative stress is an imbalance between cellular production of reactive oxygen species and the counteracting antioxidant mechanisms. The brain with its high oxygen consumption and a lipid-rich environment is considered highly susceptible to oxidative stress or redox imbalances. Therefore, the fact that oxidative stress is implicated in several mental disorders including depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, is not surprising. Although several elegant studies have established a link between oxidative stress and psychiatric disorders, the causal relationship between oxidative stress and psychiatric diseases is not fully determined. Another critical aspect that needs much attention and effort is our understanding of the association between cellular oxidative stress and emotional stress. This review examines some of the recent discoveries that link oxidative status with anxiety, depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A discussion of published results and questions that currently exist in the field regarding a causal relationship between oxidative and emotional stress is also provided.

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  • Oxidative stress has been implicated in various mental and psychiatric disorders, including anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder.

    “The brain is rich in lipids and has a high partial pressure of oxygen, therefore similarly to neurological diseases, oxidative stress has been implicated in various mental and psychiatric disorders, including behavioral, emotional, and cognitive abnormalities, such as anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other diseases (Ng et al. 2008; Salim 2014).”
  • Among other pathologies, impaired neurotransmission, autoimmune dysfunction, abnormal neuronal development, and oxidative stress have been proposed in schizophrenia.

    “Among other pathologies, impaired neurotransmission, autoimmune dysfunction, abnormal neuronal development, and oxidative stress have been proposed (Kessler 1997; Salim 2014).”
  • In panic disorder, latest studies describe a strong connection between antioxidant enzymes activity and panic symptomatology.

    “In PD context, the latest studies also describe a strong connection between antioxidant enzymes activity and panic symptomatology [42, 43].”
  • Free-floating calcium phosphate clusters resembling Posner molecules have been found to be stable in simulated body fluids.

    “Whereas free-floating calcium phosphate clusters resembling Posner molecules have been found to be stable in simulated body fluids 202 , there is still some uncertainty as to whether they are present in vivo 84,85 .”

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Authors
Salim, S.
Affiliations
University of Houston (US)
Corresponding author
Salim, Samina
Venue
Current Neuropharmacology
Published
2014-03-31
Volume
12
Issue
2
Pages
140-147
ISSN
1570-159X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2033009565
Cited by
557
References
123
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Neuropharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R15MH093918)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Biochemistry › Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Biological Psychiatry › Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Redox biology and oxidative stress
Keywords
oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species, antioxidants, redox imbalance, brain, depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, emotional stress

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