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DEPRESSION

See also Anxiety and Psychiatry.

See also our case studies on DEPRESSION (33 y.o. female); DEPRESSION (54 y.o. female); DEPRESSION, FATIGUE, MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS; and ANXIETY, LOW ENERGY, DEPRESSION

 

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2011 Eur J Clin Nutr

Folic acid supplementation during pregnancy may protect against depression 21 months after pregnancy, an effect modified by MTHFR C677T genotype.

 

2011 Mol Psychiatry

Resting leukocyte telomerase activity is elevated in major depression and predicts treatment response.

 

2011 PLoS One

Leukocyte telomere length in major depression: correlations with chronicity, inflammation and oxidative stress--preliminary findings.

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2011 Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

The role of zinc in neurodegenerative inflammatory pathways in depression.

 

2011 Psychosom Med

Depression and Leukocyte Telomere Length in Patients With Coronary Heart Disease: Data From The Heart and Soul Study.

 

2010 Am J Clin Nutr

Randomized trial of the effect of zinc supplementation on the mental health of school-age children in Guatemala.

 

2010 Am J Clin Nutr

Updated systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on depressed mood.

 

2010 Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care

Role of zinc in the development and treatment of mood disorders.

 

2010 Eur J Clin Nutr

Effect of zinc supplementation on mood states in young women: a pilot study.

 

2010 Eur J Clin Nutr

Serum folate and homocysteine and depressive symptoms among Japanese men and women.

 

2010 JAMA

Effect of DHA supplementation during pregnancy on maternal depression and neurodevelopment of young children: a randomized controlled trial.

 

2010 J Am Coll Nutr

Effect of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on depressive symptoms and on health-related quality of life in the treatment of elderly women with depression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.

 

2010 J Clin Psychiatry

The efficacy of omega-3 supplementation for major depression: a randomized controlled trial.

 

2010 J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med

Effect of supplementation with selenium on postpartum depression: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

 

2010 J Psychopharmacol

Lower vitamin D levels are associated with depression among community-dwelling European men.

 

2010 Nutr Res

Higher zinc intake buffers the impact of stress on depressive symptoms in pregnancy.

 

2010 Psychosom Med

Relationship Between Vitamin D Levels and Depressive Symptoms in Older Residents From a National Survey Population.

 

2010 Pyschosom Med

Serum Folate, Vitamin B-12, and Homocysteine and Their Association With Depressive Symptoms Among U.S. Adults.

 

2009 Am J Clin Nutr

Role of docosahexaenoic acid in maternal and child mental health.

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2009 Am J Clin Nutr

Role of zinc in maternal and child mental health.

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2009 J Am Coll Nutr

EPA but not DHA appears to be responsible for the efficacy of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in depression: evidence from a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

 

2009 Neuro Endocrinol Lett

Lower plasma Coenzyme Q10 in depression: a marker for treatment resistance and chronic fatigue in depression and a risk factor to cardiovascular disorder in that illness.

 

2009 Nutr Rev

Polyunsaturated fatty acid status in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, depression, and Alzheimer's disease: towards an omega-3 index for mental health?

 

2008 Alt Med Rev

The methylation, neurotransmitter, and antioxidant connections between folate and depression.

 

2008 Am J Clin Nutr

Low plasma eicosapentaenoic acid and depressive symptomatology are independent predictors of dementia risk

 

2008 Arch Gen Psychiatry

Depression is associated with decreased 25-hydroxyvitamin D and increased parathyroid hormone levels in older adults

 

2008 Biol Psychiatry

N-acetyl cysteine for depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder - a double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial.

 

2008 J Intern Med

Effects of vitamin D supplementation on symptoms of depression in overweight and obese subjects: randomized double blind trial.

 

2008 Neuroimmunomodulation

Effect of folic acid combined with fluoxetine in patients with major depression on plasma homocysteine and vitamin B12, and serotonin levels in lymphocytes.

 

2008 Nutr J

Nutritional therapies for mental disorders.

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2007 Altern Med Rev

Omega-3 DHA and EPA for cognition, behavior, and mood: clinical findings and structural-functional synergies with cell membrane phospholipids.

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2007 Am Fam Physician

Herbal and dietary supplements for treatment of anxiety disorders.

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2007 Arch Gen Psychiatry

Reduced prefrontal glutamate/glutamine and gamma-aminobutyric acid levels in major depression determined using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

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2007 Behav Brain Res

Neuropharmacological effects of oleamide in male and female mice.

 

2007 Clin Nutr

Effects of dietary supplements on depressive symptoms in older patients: A randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

 

2007 Clin Rheumatol

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with anxiety and depression in fibromyalgia

 

2007 Genes Brain Behav

Behavioural phenoyping of sodium-myo-inositol cotransporter heterozygous knockout mice with reduced brain inositol

 

2007 Med Hypotheses

Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in depression

 

2007 Neuro Endocrinol Lett

Increased serum IgM antibodies directed against phosphatidlyinositol (Pi) in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and major depression: evidence that an IgM-mediated immune response against Pi is one factor underpinning the comorbidity between both CFS and depression.

 

2007 Neuropsychopharmacology

Measurement of brain metabolites in patients with type 2 diabetes and major depression using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy

 

2007 Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids

Fatty acids and sleep in depressed inpatients

 

2007 Psychosom Med

Depressive symptoms, omega-6:omega-3 fatty acids, and inflammation in older adults

 

2006 Age Ageing

Clinical relevance of low serum vitamin B12 concentrations in older people: the Banbury B12 study

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2006 Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low mood and worse cognitive performance in older adults

 

2006 Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol

Effect of chromium picolinate on modified forced swimming test in diabetic rats: involvement of serotonergic pathways and potassium channels.

 

2006 Bipolar Disord

Inositol augmentation of lithium or valproate for bipolar depression

 

2006 Clin Nutr

Vitamin B12 and folate serum levels in newly admitted psychiatric patients

 

2006 Eur Neuropsychopharmacol

A double-blind, randomised, controlled clinical trial of acetyl-L-carnitine vs. amisulpride in the treatment of dysthymia

 

2006 J Affect Disord

Dietary folate and vitamins B12, B6, and B2 intake and the risk of postpartum depression in Japan: the Osaka Maternal and Child Health Study

 

2006 J Affect Disord

Possible connections among job stress, depressive symptoms, lipid modulation and antioxidants

 

2006 J Neurochem

Cross-talk of vitamin D and glucocorticoids in hippocampal cells

 

2006 Med Hypotheses

Rapid recovery from major depression using magnesium treatment

 

2006 J Neurol

Neuropsychological function in relation to serum parathyroid hormone and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels.  The Tromso study.

 

2006 Neurosci Res

Behavioural anomalies in mice evoked by "Tokyo" disruption of the Vitamin D receptor gene

 

2006 Nutr Rev

Zinc: the new antidepressant?

 

2006 Pharmacol Rep

Antepartum/postpartum depressive symptoms and serum zinc and magnesium levels

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2006 Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

Correlation between plasma levels of glutamate, alanine and serine with severity of depresison

 

2006 Psychiatry Res

Plasma pterins and folate in late life depression: the Rotterdam Study

 

2006 Psychiatry Res

Review of 1H magnetic resonance spectroscopy findings in major depressive disorder: a meta-analysis

 

2005 Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen

Integrated treatment approach improves cognitive function in demented and clinically depressed patients

 

2005 Biol Psychiatry

Decreased prefrontal Myo-inositol in major depressive disorder

 

2005 Biol Psychiatry

Nutrition and depression: implications for improving mental health among childbearing-aged women

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2005 Eur J Clin Nutr

Low plasma vitamin E levels in major depression: diet or disease?

 

2005 Fam Pract

The role for vitamin B-6 as treatment for depression: a systematic review

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2005 Int J Neuropsychopharmacol

Effect of intraperitoneal acetyl-L-carnitine (ALCAR) on anxiety-like behaviours in rats

 

2005 Int J Neuropsychopharmacol

The relationship between serum folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine levels in major depressive disorder and the timing of improvement with fluoxetine

 

2005 J Affect Disord

Vascular risk and low serum B12 predict white matter lesions in patients with major depression

 

2005 J Psychopharmacol

Treatment of depression: time to consider folic acid and vitamin B12

 

2005 Pharmacol Rep

Effects of acute and chronic treatment with magnesium in the forced swim test in rats

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2005 Pharmacol Rep

Zinc and depression. An update.

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2005 Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry

Homocysteine and folate metabolism in depression

 

2005 Psychol Med

Relationship of homocysteine, folic acid and vitamin B12 with depression in a middle-aged community sample

 

2004 Am J Clin Nutr

Plasma folate concentrations are associated with depressive symptoms in elderly Latina women despite folic acid fortification

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2004 Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

Homocysteine and B vitamins relate to brain volume and white-matter changes in geriatric patients with psychiatric disorders

 

2004 Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care

Folate and brain function in the elderly

 

2004 Int J Vitam Nutr Res

Experimental study of fatigue provoked by biotin deficiency in mice.

 

2004 Intern Med

Depressive state and paresthesia dramatically improved by intravenous MgSO4 in Gitelman's syndrome

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2004 J Am Coll Nutr

Magnesium attenuates post-traumatic depression/anxiety following diffuse traumatic brain injury in rats

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2004 J Clin Psychiatry

Serum folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine in major depressive disorder, Part 1: predictors of clinical response in fluoxetine-resistant depression

 

2004 J Clin Psychiatry

Serum folate, vitamin B12, and homocysteine in major depressive disorder, Part 2: predictors of relapse during the continuation phase of pharmacotherapy

 

2004 J Psychosom Res

Depressive symptoms are independently correlated with lipid peroidation in a female population: comparison with vitamins and carotenoids

 

2004 Metab Brain Dis

Effects of myo-inositol versus fluoxetine and imipramine pretreatments on serotonin 5HT2A and muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in human neuroblastoma cells

 

2004 Neuropharmacology

Magnesium-deficient diet alters depression- and anxiety-related behavior in mice--influence of desipramine and Hypericum perforatum extract

 

2004 Psychother Psychosom

Dietary folate and the risk of depression in Finnish middle-aged men.  A prospective follow-up study

 

2004 Psychother Psychosom

Vitamin B6 level is associated with symptoms of depression

 

2003 Arch Gen Psychiatry

Folate, vitamin B12, homocysteine, and the MTHFR 67C->T polymorphism in anxiety and depression: the Hordaland Homocysteine Study

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2003 Behav Brain Res

Involvement of NMDA receptors and L-arginine-nitric oxide pathway in the antidepressant-like effects of zinc in mice

 

2003 BMC Psychiatry

High vitamin B12 level and good treatment outcome may be associated in major depressive disorder

 

2003 Int J Psychiatry Med

Psychological burden in the era of HAART: impact of selenium therapy

 

2003 J Clin Psychopharmacol

Prediction of treatment response in geriatric depression from baseline folate level: interaction with an SSRI or a tricyclic antidepressant.

 

2003 J Nutr

Dietary folate and depressive symptoms are associated in middle-aged Finnish men

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2003 Pol J Pharmacol

Effect of zinc supplementation on antidepressant therapy in unipolar depression: a preliminary placebo-controlled study

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2003 Psychother Psychosom

Depression and folate status in the US Population

 

2002 Altern Med Rev

Sulfur in human nutrition and applications in medicine

 

2002 Am J Psychiatry

Vitamin B12, folate, and homocysteine in depression: the Rotterdam Study

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2002 Ann Clin Psychiatry

Folinic acid (Leucovorin) as an adjunctive treatment for SSRI-refractory depression.

 

2002 Med Hypotheses

Role of selenium depletion in the effects of dialysis on mood and behavior

 

2002 Med Hypotheses

Role of selenium depletion in the etiopathogenesis of depression in patients with alcoholism

 

2002 Pol J Pharmacol

Mechanisms contributing to antidepressant zinc actions

 

2000 J Affect Disord

Enhancement of the antidepressant action of fluoxetine by folic acid: a randomised, placebo controlled trial.

 

1999 Biol Psychiatry

Combination of inositol and serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the treatment of depression.

 

1997 Biol Psychiatry

Lower serum zinc in major depression is a sensitive marker of treatment resistance and of the immune/inflammatory response in that illness.

 

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