Translocator Protein (TSPO) Expression in Platelets of Depressed Patients Decreases during Antidepressant Therapy

Discussion: These results challenge our hypotheses that TSPO levels might increase during antidepressant therapy along with a decrease in depressive symptoms. Thus, we assume that TSPO expression in platelets is not a suitable state marker for MDD.[...]© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New YorkArticle in Thieme eJournals:Table of contents  |  Abstract  |  Full text

Source: Pharmacopsychiatry - June 7, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Sarubin, N.Baghai, T. C.Lima-Ojeda, J. M.Melchner, D.Hallof-Buestrich, H.Wolf, L.Hilbert, S.Milenkovic, V. M.Wetzel, C. H.Rupprecht, R.Nothdurfter, C. Tags: Original Paper Source Type: research