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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Understanding the Role of Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation and Abnormal Myelination in Excessive Aggression Associated with Depression: Recent Input from Mechanistic Studies.

Anna Gorlova, Evgeniy Svirin, Dmitrii Pavlov, Raymond Cespuglio, Andrey Proshin, Careen A Schroeter, Klaus-Peter Lesch, Tatyana Strekalova

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 5 countries.

Anna GorlovaLaboratory of Psychiatric Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Evgeniy SvirinLaboratory of Psychiatric Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0003-3501-574X
Dmitrii PavlovHotchkiss Brain Institute, Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4376-2884
Raymond CespuglioLaboratory of Psychiatric Neurobiology, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Department of Normal Physiology, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Andrey ProshinP.K. Anokhin Research Institute of Normal Physiology, 125315 Moscow, Russia.ORCID 0000-0002-7258-7870
Careen A SchroeterPreventive and Environmental Medicine, Kastanienhof Clinic, 50858 Köln-Junkersdorf, Germany.
Klaus-Peter LeschDepartment of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-8348-153X
Tatyana StrekalovaDepartment of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs), Maastricht University, 6229 ER Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9937-5600
Sechenov University · RUMaastricht University · NLInstitute of Normal Physiology named after P.K. Anokhin · RUUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

the European Union's HORIZON 2020 research and innovation programme Eat2beNice, 728018the European Union's HORIZON 2020 research and innovation programme PhytoAPP, 101007642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aggression and deficient cognitive control problems are widespread in psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD). These abnormalities are known to contribute significantly to the accompanying functional impairment and the global burden of disease. Progress in the development of targeted treatments of excessive aggression and accompanying symptoms has been limited, and there exists a major unmet need to develop more efficacious treatments for depressed patients. Due to the complex nature and the clinical heterogeneity of MDD and the lack of precise knowledge regarding its pathophysiology, effective management is challenging. Nonetheless, the aetiology and pathophysiology of MDD has been the subject of extensive research and there is a vast body of the latest literature that points to new mechanisms for this disorder. Here, we overview the key mechanisms, which include neuroinflammation, oxidative stress, insulin receptor signalling and abnormal myelination. We discuss the hypotheses that have been proposed to unify these processes, as many of these pathways are integrated for the neurobiology of MDD. We also describe the current translational approaches in modelling depression, including the recent advances in stress models of MDD, and emerging novel therapies, including novel approaches to management of excessive aggression, such as anti-diabetic drugs, antioxidant treatment and herbal compositions.

Indexed as

Major Depressive DisorderAggressionDepressionHumansNeuroinflammatory DiseasesOxidative Stressaggressioninsulin receptormajor depressive disorder (MDD)myelinationneuroinflammationoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID36674429
PMCPMC9861430
OpenAlexW4313583832

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