Antibiotics and mental health: The good, the bad and the ugly

K Dinan, T Dinan - Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Antibiotics are recognised as, on occasion, producing psychiatric side effects, most notably
depression and anxiety. Apart from antimicrobial activity, antibiotics have multiple off‐target …

Stress induced microglial activation contributes to depression

B Li, W Yang, T Ge, Y Wang, R Cui - Pharmacological research, 2022 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating neuropsychological disorder, which has
caused serious health and socio-economic burdens worldwide. A growing body of evidence …

Treatment‐resistant depression: definition, prevalence, detection, management, and investigational interventions

RS McIntyre, M Alsuwaidan, BT Baune, M Berk… - World …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Treatment‐resistant depression (TRD) is common and associated with multiple serious
public health implications. A consensus definition of TRD with demonstrated predictive utility …

Minocycline as treatment for psychiatric and neurological conditions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

B Panizzutti, D Skvarc, S Lin, S Croce… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Minocycline has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and anti-apoptotic properties that explain the
renewed interest in its use as an adjunctive treatment for psychiatric and neurological …

[HTML][HTML] Microglia and BDNF at the crossroads of stressor related disorders: Towards a unique trophic phenotype

N Prowse, S Hayley - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Stressors ranging from psychogenic/social to neurogenic/injury to systemic/microbial can
impact microglial inflammatory processes, but less is known regarding their effects on …

Novel pharmacological approaches to the treatment of depression

E Elias, AY Zhang, MT Manners - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Major depressive disorder is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders. Monoamine-
based antidepressants were the first drugs developed to treat major depressive disorder …

[HTML][HTML] “Inflamed” depression: A review of the interactions between depression and inflammation and current anti-inflammatory strategies for depression

Y Yin, T Ju, D Zeng, F Duan, Y Zhu, J Liu, Y Li… - Pharmacological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Depression is a common mental disorder, the effective treatment of which remains a
challenging issue worldwide. The clinical pathogenesis of depression has been deeply …

Stress-and drug-induced neuroimmune signaling as a therapeutic target for comorbid anxiety and substance use disorders

CE Smiley, SK Wood - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Stress and substance use disorders remain two of the most highly prevalent psychiatric
conditions and are often comorbid. While individually these conditions have a debilitating …

Minocycline alleviates abnormal microglial phagocytosis of synapses in a mouse model of depression

QQ Han, SY Shen, XR Chen, A Pilot, LF Liang… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background As antidepressants commonly used in the clinic have proved to be problematic,
it is urgent to gain an updated understanding of the pathogenesis of depression and find …

Microglial stimulation triggered by intranasal lipopolysaccharide administration produces antidepressant-like effect through ERK1/2-mediated BDNF synthesis in the …

M Ni, M Zheng, B Chen, X Lu, H Zhao, T Zhu… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
We recently reported that reversing the chronic stress-induced decline of microglia in the
dentate gyrus (DG) of the hippocampus by intraperitoneal injection of a low dose of …