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ArticleNeuropsychiatric disease and treatment2013

Postpartum depression: psychoneuroimmunological underpinnings and treatment.

George Anderson, Michael Maes

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Article in Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02566980 (The Role of Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites in Perinatal Depression and Suicidality), which is not on this map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02566980 completednot on this mapstarted 2014, after this paper: background citation

The Role of Kynurenine Pathway Metabolites in Perinatal Depression and Suicidality

TypeobservationalSponsorMichigan State UniversityRan2014 to 2017Enrolled209ConditionsDepression and Suicide, Mood Disorders, Other Perinatal Conditions
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 75 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

George AndersonCRC Clincial Research Centre/Communications, Glasgow, Scotland.
Michael Maes
Chulalongkorn University · TH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postpartum depression (PPD) is common, occurring in 10%-15% of women. Due to concerns about teratogenicity of medications in the suckling infant, the treatment of PPD has often been restricted to psychotherapy. We review here the biological underpinnings to PPD, suggesting a powerful role for the tryptophan catabolites, indoleamine 2,3-dixoygenase, serotonin, and autoimmunity in mediating the consequences of immuno-inflammation and oxidative and nitrosative stress. It is suggested that the increased inflammatory potential, the decreases in endogenous anti-inflammatory compounds together with decreased omega-3 poly-unsaturated fatty acids, in the postnatal period cause an inflammatory environment. The latter may result in the utilization of peripheral inflammatory products, especially kynurenine, in driving the central processes producing postnatal depression. The pharmacological treatment of PPD is placed in this context, and recommendations for more refined and safer treatments are made, including the better utilization of the antidepressant, and the anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of melatonin.

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IDOkynureninemelatoninSSRITDO

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PMID23459664
PMCPMC3582478
OpenAlexW2046605170

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