Evidence-based guidelines and secondary meta-analysis for the use of transcranial direct current stimulation in neurological and psychiatric disorders

F Fregni, MM El-Hagrassy… - International Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Transcranial direct current stimulation has shown promising clinical results,
leading to increased demand for an evidence-based review on its clinical effects. Objective …

Physical activity and depression: Towards understanding the antidepressant mechanisms of physical activity

A Kandola, G Ashdown-Franks, J Hendrikse… - Neuroscience & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Physical activity can treat and prevent depressive symptoms, but its antidepressant
mechanisms are yet to be established. In this review, we comprehensively assess key …

Synaptic plasticity and mental health: methods, challenges and opportunities

LG Appelbaum, MA Shenasa, L Stolz… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity is a ubiquitous property of the nervous system that
allows neurons to communicate and change their connections as a function of past …

Lower synaptic density is associated with depression severity and network alterations

SE Holmes, D Scheinost, SJ Finnema… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Synaptic loss and deficits in functional connectivity are hypothesized to contribute to
symptoms associated with major depressive disorder (MDD) and post-traumatic stress …

Neurobiology of early life adversity: A systematic review of meta-analyses towards an integrative account of its neurobiological trajectories to mental disorders

Y Hakamata, Y Suzuki, H Kobashikawa… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) may leave long-lasting neurobiological scars,
increasing the risk of develo** mental disorders in later life. However, no review has …

The impact of stress and major depressive disorder on hippocampal and medial prefrontal cortex morphology

EL Belleau, MT Treadway, DA Pizzagalli - Biological psychiatry, 2019 - Elsevier
Volumetric reductions in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) are among
the most well-documented neural abnormalities in major depressive disorder (MDD) …

Brain structure alterations in depression: Psychoradiological evidence

FF Zhang, W Peng, JA Sweeney… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Depression is the leading cause of disability around the world, but little is known about its
pathology. Currently, the diagnosis of depression is made based on clinical manifestations …

Rheumatoid arthritis and depression: an inflammatory perspective

L Nerurkar, S Siebert, IB McInnes… - The Lancet Psychiatry, 2019 - thelancet.com
The coexistence of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with depression has long been
recognised. Data that illustrate the intimate associations between peripheral and brain …

Identification of a common neurobiological substrate for mental illness

M Goodkind, SB Eickhoff, DJ Oathes, Y Jiang… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Psychiatric diagnoses are currently distinguished based on sets of specific
symptoms. However, genetic and clinical analyses find similarities across a wide variety of …

[HTML][HTML] Brain correlates of depression, post-traumatic distress, and inflammatory biomarkers in COVID-19 survivors: a multimodal magnetic resonance imaging study

F Benedetti, M Palladini, M Paolini, E Melloni… - Brain, behavior, & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Psychiatric sequelae substantially contribute to the post-acute burden of disease associated
with COVID-19, persisting months after clearance of the virus. Brain imaging shows white …