Melatonin, neuroprotective agents and antidepressant therapy. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Francisco López-Muñoz, Venkataramanujam Srinivasan, Domenico de Berardis, Cecilio Álamo, Takahiro A. Kato.
• Editors: López-Muñoz, Francisco; Srinivasan, V (Venkataramanujan); de Berardis, Domenico; Álamo, Cecilio; Kato, Takahiro A
• Contents: History of pineal gland as neuroendocrine organ and discovery of melatonin.- Bibliometric study of scientific research on melatonin during the last 25 years.- Neuroimaging of the pineal gland. Focus on Primary Insomnia.- Melatonin: Basic and clinical aspects.- Melatonin and melatonin receptors in neuroprotection.- Melatonin supplementation in neurodegenerative diseases: Current status.- Therapeutic potential of melatonin in combination with other drugs against neurodegeneration.- Melatonin, a neuroprotective agent: relevance for stress induced neuropsychiatric disorders.- Melatonin, sleep, circadian rhythm and mood disorders.- Melatonin induces antidepressant-like behavior by promotion of hippocampal neurogenesis.- Association between melatonin and neuroimmune diseases.- Melatonin in clinical states of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.- Melatonin's beneficial effects in hepatic injury.- Melatonin as a novel therapeutic agent against chemical warfare agents.- New galenic formulations of melatonin.- Melatonergic drug ramelteon in neurotherapeutics.- Melatonergic antidepressant agomelatine and its efficacy in depressive disorders.- Agomelatine, melatonin and depression.- Neuropsychological models of depression.- Chronobiology of mood disorders.- Bipolar disorders and biological rhythm.- Circadian clock genes and mood disorders.- Understanding the biologically adaptive side of mood disorders: a focus on affective temperaments.- Sleep abnormalities as diagnostic tool for major depressive disorder.- Depression: Correlations with thyroid hormones in major depressive disorder.- History of the discovery of antidepressant drugs.- Neurocognitive deficit in bipolar disorders.- Combination strategies in treatment-resistant depression.- Antidepressant drugs in elderly.- Antidepressant efficacy of escitalopram in major depressive disorder.- Antidepressant medications and suicide risk: What was the impact of FDA warning?.- Neurobiology and pharmacological prevention of suicide in mood disorders.- Antidepressants and anticonvulsants as adjuvant analgesics in chronic pain.- Genetic polymorphisms of cytochrome P450 enzymes and antidepressants.- Pharmacogenomics of antidepressant drugs.- Antidepressants modulate microglia beyond the neurotransmitters doctrine of mood disorders.- Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) - TrkB signaling in depression: Biomarker and novel therapeutic target.- Targeting opioid receptors for innovative antidepressant therapies: rediscovering the opioid cure.- Prolactin and somatostatin responses to antidepressant therapy.- The role of vasopressin in anxiety and depression.- Ketamine: the glutamatergic antidepressant and its efficacy.- Acetylcholinergic nicotinic receptors as pharmacological targets for cognitive enhancement: emerging evidence from psychosis populations.-The glutamate mGluR5 receptor as a pharmacological target to enhance cognitive function: emerging evidence from psychosis models.- Corticotropin-releasing factor receptors as a potential target in the developments of antidepressant drugs.- Nitric oxide signaling in depression and antidepressant action.- The role of arrestins in the neuroprotective aspects of antidepressant drugs.- Antidepressant drugs and phosphodiesterases.- Effect of methylphenidate and atomoxetine on development of the brain.- S-Adenosyl-L-methionine for major depressive disorder.- The role of antiepileptic drugs in bipolar depression.- Melatonin and other neuroprotective agents target molecular mechanisms of disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
• Publisher Details: New Delhi : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (921 pages)
• Subjects: 616.8527061; Antidepressants; Depression, Mental -- Treatment
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9788132228035
• Related ISBNs: 9788132228011
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