Understanding the mechanism of action and clinical effects of neuroactive steroids and GABAergic compounds in major depressive disorder

AJ Cutler, GW Mattingly, V Maletic - Translational Psychiatry, 2023 - nature.com
The pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD) is thought to result from impaired
connectivity between key brain networks. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is the key …

Prefrontal cortex circuits in depression and anxiety: contribution of discrete neuronal populations and target regions

BD Hare, RS Duman - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Our understanding of depression and its treatment has advanced with the advent of
ketamine as a rapid-acting antidepressant and the development and refinement of tools …

Bidirectional microglia–neuron communication in health and disease

Z Szepesi, O Manouchehrian, S Bachiller… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Microglia are ramified cells that exhibit highly motile processes, which continuously survey
the brain parenchyma and react to any insult to the CNS homeostasis. Although microglia …

[HTML][HTML] Cortical GABAergic dysfunction in stress and depression: new insights for therapeutic interventions

MV Fogaça, RS Duman - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating illness characterized by neuroanatomical
and functional alterations in limbic structures, notably the prefrontal cortex (PFC), that can be …

Understanding the pathophysiology of depression: From monoamines to the neurogenesis hypothesis model-are we there yet?

E Jesulola, P Micalos, IJ Baguley - Behavioural brain research, 2018 - Elsevier
A number of factors (biogenic amine deficiency, genetic, environmental, immunologic,
endocrine factors and neurogenesis) have been identified as mechanisms which provide …

Synaptic mechanisms regulating mood state transitions in depression

PK Parekh, SB Johnson, C Liston - Annual review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Depression is an episodic form of mental illness characterized by mood state transitions with
poorly understood neurobiological mechanisms. Antidepressants reverse the effects of …

Altered GABA-mediated information processing and cognitive dysfunctions in depression and other brain disorders

T Prévot, E Sibille - Molecular psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
Cognitive dysfunctions, including impaired attention, learning, memory, planning and
problem solving, occur in depressive episodes, often persist during remission, predict …

Glutamate and GABA homeostasis and neurometabolism in major depressive disorder

A Sarawagi, ND Soni, AB Patel - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of distress, disability, and suicides. As
per the latest WHO report, MDD affects more than 260 million people worldwide. Despite …