Use of Anti-Inflammatory, Infliximab, may be an Alternative to Antidepressants for Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder Symptoms Público

Abstract

Importance: Psychomotor dysfunction is one of the nine diagnostic symptoms of major depressive disorder. Inflammation has demonstrated to potentially be related to Major Depressive Disorder and its symptoms. An anti-inflammatory could treat this inflammation and has the potential to treat other inflammatory-related depressive symptoms.

Objective: To determine the relationship between inflammatory cytokines and psychomotor speed, a diagnostic symptom of major depressive disorder, and to evaluate if Infliximab can treat the inflammation and consequently, the psychomotor speed.

Design/Setting: Clinical study.

Participants: 85 participants (ages 20-65) were recruited, 56 of those finished the entire study and they were considered depressed participants.

Main Outcome and Measures: Inflammatory cytokine marker concentrations and well-validated psychomotor speed tasks at screening and follow-up visits

Results: Infliximab did not significantly improve the psychomotor performance of depressive participants, but it did elicit significant improvements in inflammatory cytokine concentration.

Conclusion and Relevance: Anti-inflammatories such as Infliximab may be a potential anti-depressant treatment through inflammation, a potential correlate with depressive symptoms.

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School	Emory College
Department	Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
Degree	B.S.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Psychology, Clinical
Palavra-chave	fMRI
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Michael Treadway, Emory University

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