Disruption of biological rhythms as a core problem and therapeutic target in mood disorders: the emerging concept of 'rhythm regulators'

McClung CA: Circadian genes, rhythms and the biology of mood disorders. Pharmacol Ther. 2007, 114 (2): 222-232. 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2007.02.003.

Akiskal HS, McKinney WT: Overview of recent research in depression. Integration of ten conceptual models into a comprehensive clinical frame. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1975, 32 (3): 285-305.

Hubain P, Le Bon O, Vandenhende F, Van Wijnendaele R, Linkowski P: Major depression in males: effects of age, severity and adaptation on sleep variables. Psychiatry Res. 2006, 145 (2-3): 169-177. 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.08.027.

Hammad MA, Barsky AJ, Regestein QR: Correlation between somatic sensation inventory scores and hyperarousal scale scores. Psychosomatics. 2001, 42 (1): 29-34. 10.1176/appi.psy.42.1.29.

Riemann D, Voderholzer U: Primary insomnia: a risk factor to develop depression?. J Affect Disord. 2003, 76 (1-3): 255-259. 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00072-1.

Vgontzas AN, Bixler EO, Lin HM, Prolo P, Mastorakos G, Vela-Bueno A, Kales A, Chrousos GP: Chronic insomnia is associated with nyctohemeral activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis: clinical implications. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2001, 86 (8): 3787-3794. 10.1210/jc.86.8.3787.

Joiner TE, Steer RA, Beck AT, Schmidt NB, Rudd MD, Catanzaro SJ: Physiological hyperarousal: construct validity of a central aspect of the tripartite model of depression and anxiety. J Abnorm Psychol. 1999, 108 (2): 290-298. 10.1037/0021-843X.108.2.290.

Fotiou F, Fountoulakis KN, Iacovides A, Kaprinis G: Pattern-reversed visual evoked potentials in subtypes of major depression. Psychiatry Res. 2003, 118 (3): 259-271. 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00097-0.

Gold PW, Chrousos GP: The endocrinology of melancholic and atypical depression: relation to neurocircuitry and somatic consequences. Proc Assoc Am Physicians. 1999, 111 (1): 22-34. 10.1046/j.1525-1381.1999.09423.x.

Ehlers CL, Somes C, Seifritz E, Rivier JE: CRF/NPY interactions: a potential role in sleep dysregulation in depression and anxiety. Depress Anxiety. 1997, 6 (1): 1-9. 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1997)6:1<1::AID-DA1>3.0.CO;2-J.

Bruder GE: P300 findings for depressive and anxiety disorders. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1992, 658: 205-222. 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1992.tb22846.x.

Shagass C, Roemer RA: Evoked potential topography in major depression. II. Comparisons between subgroups. Int J Psychophysiol. 1992, 13 (3): 255-261. 10.1016/0167-8760(92)90075-M.

Shagass C, Roemer RA: Evoked potential topography in major depression. I. Comparisons with nonpatients and schizophrenics. Int J Psychophysiol. 1992, 13 (3): 241-254. 10.1016/0167-8760(92)90074-L.

Fountoulakis KN, Karamouzis M, Iacovides A, Nimatoudis J, Diakogiannis J, Kaprinis G, Demitriadou A, Bech P: Morning and evening plasma melatonin and dexamethasone suppression test in patients with nonseasonal major depressive disorder from northern Greece (latitude 40-41.5 degrees ). Neuropsychobiology. 2001, 44 (3): 113-117. 10.1159/000054928.

Souetre E, Salvati E, Belugou JL, Pringuey D, Candito M, Krebs B, Ardisson JL, Darcourt G: Circadian rhythms in depression and recovery: evidence for blunted amplitude as the main chronobiological abnormality. Psychiatry Res. 1989, 28 (3): 263-278. 10.1016/0165-1781(89)90207-2.

Goodwin GM: Evidence-based guidelines for treating bipolar disorder: recommendations from the British Association for Psychopharmacology. J Psychopharmacol. 2003, 17 (2): 149-173. 10.1177/0269881103017002003. discussion 147

Montgomery DB: ECNP Consensus Meeting March 2000 Nice: guidelines for investigating efficacy in bipolar disorder. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2001, 11 (1): 79-88. 10.1016/S0924-977X(00)00140-1.

Calabrese J, Rapport D: Mood stabilizers and the evolution of maintenance study designs in bipolar I disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 1999, 60: 5-13.

Bowden C: New concepts in mood stabilization. Neuropsychopharmacology. 1998, 19: 194-199. 10.1016/S0893-133X(98)00025-6.

Lemoine P, Guilleminault C, Alvarez E: Improvement in subjective sleep in major depressive disorder with a novel antidepressant, agomelatine: randomized, double-blind comparison with venlafaxine. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007, 68 (11): 1723-1732. 10.4088/JCP.v68n1112.

Kennedy SH, Rizvi S, Fulton K, Rasmussen J: A double-blind comparison of sexual functioning, antidepressant efficacy, and tolerability between agomelatine and venlafaxine XR. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 2008, 28 (3): 329-333. 10.1097/JCP.0b013e318172b48c.