antidepressant drugs

Antidepressant Drug Understanding Enhanced With New Model

harminka — Wed, 27 May 2009 12:21:33 -0500

A recent study finds that the antidepressant effects of drugs like Prozac involve both neurogenesis-dependent and -independent mechanisms, a finding that may lead to development of better treatments for depression and anxiety.

Marketing influences antidepressant prescriptions

seher — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:35:00 -0500

New research into marketing by pharmaceutical companies has found that doctors and psychiatrists are being influenced by the branding of antidepressant drugs.

Genetic difference predicts antidepressant response

harminka — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:34:27 -0600

Researchers have identified subtle genetic variations that predict the efficacy of two widely used antidepressant drugs. They found that certain variants in the gene for a protective transporter protein that pumps drugs and other substances out of the brain compromise the effectiveness of the antidepressants citalopram (trade name Celexa) and venlafaxine (Effexor).

Newly-identified exercise gene could help with depression

harminka — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:41:30 -0600

Boosting an exercise-related gene in the brain works as a powerful anti-depressant in mice—a finding that could lead to a new anti-depressant drug target, according to a Yale School of Medicine report in Nature Medicine.

Genetic test for suicidal ideation in patients using antidepressant drugs

harminka — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:30:54 -0500

NeuroMark, a Boulder, Colorado company, announced today the immediate availability of a genetic test to identify people at risk of suicidal ideation—thoughts of committing suicide—when prescribed an antidepressant drug.

Hopelessness key component of mood disorder

harminka — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:35:59 -0500

There’s depression, and then there’s double depression. Sound bad" It is, according to Thomas Joiner, Florida State University Distinguished Research Professor and the Bright-Burton Professor of Psychology, who has identified hopelessness as a distinguishing feature of double depression in a new paper published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Bacteria in soil produces brain chemical serotonin, could help depression

harminka — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 11:23:07 -0500

Treatment of mice with a 'friendly' bacteria, normally found in the soil, altered their behavior in a way similar to that produced by antidepressant drugs, reports research published in the latest issue of Neuroscience.