A noradrenergic and serotonergic hypothesis of the linkage between epilepsy and affective disorders.
Crit Rev Neurobiol
; 13(4): 317-56, 1999.
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ABSTRACT
Noradrenergic and/or serotonergic deficits, as well as other abnormalities, may contribute to predisposition to some epilepsies and depressions. Evidence for this hypothesis stems from several sources. Epidemiological investigations are intriguing but incomplete. Pharmacological studies show that noradrenergic and/or serotonergic transmission are both anticonvulsant and antidepressant. Therapeutically pertinent investigations show that antidepressant drugs have anticonvulsant properties, whereas antiepileptic drugs are effective in the management of affective disorders. Additional investigations demonstrate that seizures, whether spontaneously occurring or therapeutically induced, protect against depression. Through studies of innate pathophysiology, noradrenergic and serotonergic deficits have been identified in individuals with depression and in animal models of epilepsy, as well as in some humans with epilepsy. Vagal nerve stimulation, a treatment already known to be effective in the epilepsies, is presently under investigation for effectiveness in affective disorder. New evidence suggests that vagal nerve stimulation exerts at least some of its therapeutic effects through its capacity to increase noradrenergic and serotonergic transmission. Finally, emerging evidence supports the concept that some genetic mammalian models of the human epilepsies exhibit analogous manifestations of depression.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Química Encefálica
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Serotonina
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Norepinefrina
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Transmissão Sináptica
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Depressão
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Epilepsia
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Crit Rev Neurobiol
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos