Synaptic Plasticity and Depression: New Insights From Stress and Rapid-Acting Antidepressants

Synaptic plasticity and depression: new insights from stress and rapid-acting antidepressants

Ron Duman and colleagues discuss recent insights into a role for circuit disruption in the mechanisms of stress-induced depression. Furthermore they discuss the potential for rapid-acting antidepressants to alleviate these defects. Depression is a common, devastating illness. Current pharmacotherapies help many patients, but high rates of a partial response or no response, and the delayed onset of the effects of antidepressant therapies, leave m…

Medical Marijuana Reduces Anxiety And Depression, New Federally Funded Study Shows

Medical marijuana was associated with “significant decreases in self-reported anxiety and depression” compared to before patients began treatment with cannabis, according to a new study funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The observational study, published this month in the Journal of Affective Disorders, looked at 33 adults in Maryland with “clinically significant” anxiety and/or depression over a six-month period, ev…

Molecular mechanisms of rapid-acting antidepressants: New perspectives for developing antidepressants

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic relapsing psychiatric disorder. Conventional antidepressants usually require several weeks of continuous …

Medical Marijuana for Parkinson’s Disease in Virginia

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Medical Marijuana Reduces Anxiety And Depression, New Federally Funded Study Shows - Cannabis News World

Medical marijuana was associated with “significant decreases in self-reported anxiety and depression” compared to before patients began treatment with cannabis, according to a new study funded in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The observational study, published this month in the Journal of Affective Disorders, looked at 33 adults in Maryland with The post Medical Marijuana Reduces Anxiety And Depression, New Federally Funde…