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ArticleZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences2023

Bidirectional mechanism of comorbidity of depression and insomnia based on synaptic plasticity.

Fanhao Meng, Long Wang

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Article in Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Association of self-stigma, impulsivity, and insomnia with anxiety and depression in patients with Kallmann syndrome.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fanhao MengFirst Clinical Medical College, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040. 672607583@qq.com.
Long WangFirst Affiliated Hospital, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine, Harbin 150040, China. wlkeyan@163.com.
First Affiliated Hospital of Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine · CNHeilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

the Graduate Research and Innovation Project in Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine 2020yjscx016the Heilongjiang Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine Project ZHY2020-120the National Natural Science Foundation 81303044the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province LH2022H082the Postdoctoral Scientific Research Developmental Fund of Heilongjiang Province LBH-Q19185
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insomnia is one of the most common accompanying symptoms of depression, with both sharing highly overlapping molecular pathways. The same pathological changes can trigger comorbidity of insomnia and depression, which further forms a vicious cycle with the involvement of more mechanisms and disease progression. Thus, understanding the potential interaction mechanisms between insomnia and depression is critical for clinical diagnosis and treatment. Comorbidity genetic factors, the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, along with circadian rhythms of cortisol and the brain reward mechanism, are important ways in contributing to the comorbidity occurrence and development. However, owing to lack of pertinent investigational data, intricate molecular mechanisms necessitate further elaboration. Synaptic plasticity is a solid foundation for neural homeostasis. Pathological alterations of depression and insomnia may perturb the production and release of neurotransmitter, dendritic spine remodeling and elimination, which converges and reflects in aberrant synaptic dynamics. Hence, the introduction of synaptic plasticity research route and the construction of a comprehensive model of depression and insomnia comorbidity can provide new ideas for clinical depression insomnia comorbidity treatment plans.

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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersComorbidityDepressionHumansHypothalamo-Hypophyseal SystemNeuronal PlasticityPituitary-Adrenal Systembrain reward mechanismdepressiongenehypothalamic-pituitary-adrenalimmune inflammationinsomniasynaptic plasticity

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PMID38432881
PMCPMC10929903
OpenAlexW4394765513

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