A.B. Guekht
Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
N.V. Gulyaeva
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of RAS
Gender characteristics of depressive disorders: clinical, psychological, neurobiological and translational aspects
Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2024;124(3): 7‑16
Views: 378
Downloaded: 1
To cite this article:
Gersamia AG, Pochigaeva KI, Less YuE, Akzhigitov RG, Guekht AB, Gulyaeva NV. Gender characteristics of depressive disorders: clinical, psychological, neurobiological and translational aspects. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry.
2024;124(3):7‑16. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro20241240317
Various studies have indicated that the prevalence of depression is almost twice as high among women as among men. A major factor associated with the development of depression and other affective disorders are adverse and psychologically traumatic life events that contribute to changes in the neuroendocrine system, altering the capacity to adapt to stress. These changes are involved in the pathogenesis of mental disorders, along with genetic and other factors, and are to a significant degree regulated by gender dependent mechanisms. While women have a high prevalence of depressive disorders, men show a higher rate of alcohol and substance abuse. These differences in the epidemiology are most likely explained by different predisposition to mental disorders in men and women and a diversity of biological consequences to adverse life events. Taking this into account, there is a need for a critical review of currently used approaches to modeling depressive disorders in preclinical studies, including the use of animals of both sexes. Adaptation of experimental models and protocols taking into account gender characteristics of neuroendocrine changes in response to stress, as well as structural-morphological, electrophysiological, molecular, genetic and epigenetic features, will significantly increase the translational validity of experimental work.
Authors:
A.B. Guekht
Moscow Research and Clinical Center for Neuropsychiatry;
Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
N.V. Gulyaeva
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology of RAS
Received:
09.10.2023
Accepted:
10.10.2023
List of references:
Close metadata
Email Confirmation
An email was sent to test@gmail.com with a confirmation link. Follow the link from the letter to complete the registration on the site.
Email Confirmation
Log in to the site using your account in one of the services
We use cооkies to improve the performance of the site. By staying on our site, you agree to the terms of use of cооkies. To view our Privacy and Cookie Policy, please. click here.