Depression - Drug therapy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Combined administration of the mixture of honokiol and magnolol and ginger oil evokes antidepressant-like synergism in rats.

24 Sep 2009 Magnolia bark combined with ginger rhizome is a common drug pair in traditional Chinese prescriptions for the treatment of depression. In the present study, we examined antidepressant-like effects of the mixture of honokiol and magnolol (HMM) from ... Read more...

Antidepressant actions of histone deacetylase inhibitors.

14 Sep 2009 Persistent symptoms of depression suggest the involvement of stable molecular adaptations in brain, which may be reflected at the level of chromatin remodeling. We find that chronic social defeat stress in mice causes a transient decrease, followed ... Read more...

Effect of acute antidepressant administration on negative affective bias in depressed patients.

13 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Acute administration of an antidepressant increases positive affective processing in healthy volunteers, an effect that may be relevant to the therapeutic actions of these medications. The authors investigated whether this effect is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Depression - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Combined administration of the mixture of honokiol and magnolol and ginger oil evokes antidepressant-like synergism in rats. 24 Sep 2009
• Antidepressant actions of histone deacetylase inhibitors. 14 Sep 2009
• Effect of acute antidepressant administration on negative affective bias in depressed patients. 13 Sep 2009
• [Mood disorders in patients with chronic kidney disease. Diagnosis, screening and treatment of depression] 11 Sep 2009
• [Diagnosis and therapy of depression in family practice] 4 Sep 2009
• Serum oxytocin levels in patients with depression and the effects of gender and antidepressant treatment. Sep 2009
• The therapeutic potential of the endocannabinoid system for the development of a novel class of antidepressants. Sep 2009
• Struck from behind: maintaining quality of life with chronic low back pain. 30 Aug 2009
• Antidepressant use during pregnancy: current controversies and treatment strategies. 30 Aug 2009
• Nasal bleeding associated with fluoxetine and risperidone interaction: a case report. 30 Aug 2009
• Depressive symptoms and brain volumes in older adults: a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study. 30 Aug 2009
• [Observation on effective characteristics of acupuncture combined with medicine on depression of different syndrome types] 30 Aug 2009
• Treating partial responders to antidepressant treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Serotonin discontinuation syndrome following in utero exposure to antidepressant medication: prospective controlled study. 30 Aug 2009
• Clinical inertia in depression treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Community pharmacist intervention in depressed primary care patients (PRODEFAR study): randomized controlled trial protocol. 3 Aug 2009
• Trilostane exerts antidepressive effects among wild-type, but not estrogen receptor [beta] knockout mice. 3 Aug 2009
• Frequent early discontinuation of SSRI prescribed by primary care physicians in young males in Japan. Aug 2009
• Drug evaluation and the permissive principle: continuities and contradictions between standards and practices in antidepressant regulation. 30 Jul 2009
• Chemistry and pharmacology of nicotinic ligands based on 6-[5-(azetidin-2-ylmethoxy)pyridin-3-yl]hex-5-yn-1-ol (AMOP-H-OH) for possible use in depression. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Depression'

Definition: Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with major depression present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.

Descriptor UI: D003863

Alternative terms: Depression; Depressions; Depressive Symptoms; Depressive Symptom; Symptom, Depressive; Symptoms, Depressive; Emotional Depression; Depression, Emotional; Depressions, Emotional; Emotional Depressions;

Related Mesh Headings: Antidepressive Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F01.145.126.350;

Technical Notes: human & animal; /drug ther: consider also ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; do not confuse this or X ref (depression of "moderate intensity") with DEPRESSIVE DISORDER ("prominent & relatively persistent" depression): psychiatrists differentiate on basis of degree