Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression

Depression remains a serious problem despite the continuous stream of researches on the problems of affective disorders and the emergence of new antidepressants. About 80% of inpatients with depression and 70% of outpatients with this condition complain of sleep disorders. There are presently a few...

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Main Author: O. V. Kotova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: IMA-PRESS LLC 2011-06-01
Series:Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика
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Online Access:https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/92
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description Depression remains a serious problem despite the continuous stream of researches on the problems of affective disorders and the emergence of new antidepressants. About 80% of inpatients with depression and 70% of outpatients with this condition complain of sleep disorders. There are presently a few available hypotheses of the onset of depressive disorders. Prominent among them are neurotransmitter dysfunction hypotheses and chronobiological concepts (the presence of altered circadian rhythms mediated by melatonin). There is currently a wide range of drugs that are able to affect melatonin metabolism, amongst which there is agomelatine and fluvoxamine.
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spelling doaj.art-a8327cedf92e423d90f9feb67bc73b002024-10-17T16:15:19ZrusIMA-PRESS LLCНеврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика2074-27112310-13422011-06-0132858810.14412/2074-2711-2011-15392Role of melatonin in the treatment of depressionO. V. Kotova0I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityDepression remains a serious problem despite the continuous stream of researches on the problems of affective disorders and the emergence of new antidepressants. About 80% of inpatients with depression and 70% of outpatients with this condition complain of sleep disorders. There are presently a few available hypotheses of the onset of depressive disorders. Prominent among them are neurotransmitter dysfunction hypotheses and chronobiological concepts (the presence of altered circadian rhythms mediated by melatonin). There is currently a wide range of drugs that are able to affect melatonin metabolism, amongst which there is agomelatine and fluvoxamine.https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/92depressioninsomniachronobiological theory of depressionagomelatinefluvoxamine
spellingShingle O. V. Kotova
Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
Неврология, нейропсихиатрия, психосоматика
depression
insomnia
chronobiological theory of depression
agomelatine
fluvoxamine
title Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
title_full Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
title_fullStr Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
title_full_unstemmed Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
title_short Role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
title_sort role of melatonin in the treatment of depression
topic depression
insomnia
chronobiological theory of depression
agomelatine
fluvoxamine
url https://nnp.ima-press.net/nnp/article/view/92
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