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agmatine and Depression

agmatine has been researched along with Depression in 30 studies

Agmatine: Decarboxylated arginine, isolated from several plant and animal sources, e.g., pollen, ergot, herring sperm, octopus muscle.

Depression: Depressive states usually of moderate intensity in contrast with MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER present in neurotic and psychotic disorders.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"To examine the possible role of impramine and agmatine through a mTOR signal pathway on rat ovary after maternal separation stress-induced depression."8.31The effect of maternal separation stress-induced depression on ovarian reserve in Sprague Dawley Rats: The possible role of imipramine and agmatine through a mTOR signal pathway. ( Arıcıoğlu, F; Önel, T; Yaba, A; Yıldırım, E; Zortul, H, 2023)
"Agmatine is an endogenous polyamine synthesized by the enzyme arginine decarboxylase."6.53Agmatine, a potential novel therapeutic strategy for depression. ( Freitas, AE; Neis, VB; Rodrigues, ALS, 2016)
"Agmatine levels were significantly reduced in the hippocampus of T2DM rats as compared to the normal fed (NF) control animals."5.56Agmatine modulates anxiety and depression-like behaviour in diabetic insulin-resistant rats. ( Aglawe, MM; Kale, M; Kotagale, N; Nimje, N; Taksande, B; Umekar, M, 2020)
"Epilepsy is fourth most common neurological disorders associated with depression and cognitive deficits."5.46Agmatine for combined treatment of epilepsy, depression and cognitive impairment in chronic epileptic animals. ( Bagga, N; Gawande, DY; Goel, RK; Kaur, A; Kaur, N; Singh, T, 2017)
"Agmatine, an endogenous neuromodulator, is a potential candidate to constitute an adjuvant/monotherapy for the management of depression."3.83Agmatine, by Improving Neuroplasticity Markers and Inducing Nrf2, Prevents Corticosterone-Induced Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice. ( Buendia, I; Casas, AI; Cuadrado, A; Egea, J; Freitas, AE; Gómez-Rangel, V; Lopez, MG; Navarro, E; Ortiz, JA; Parada, E; Rodrigues, ALS; Ruiz-Nuño, A; Wojnicz, A, 2016)
"Agmatine has been recently emerged as a novel candidate to assist the conventional pharmacotherapy of depression."3.80Agmatine abolishes restraint stress-induced depressive-like behavior and hippocampal antioxidant imbalance in mice. ( Bettio, LE; Farina, M; Freitas, AE; Neis, VB; Ribeiro, CM; Rodrigues, AL; Rosa, PB; Santos, DB, 2014)
"Putrescine, a polyamine present at high concentrations in the mammalian brain, was suggested to play a role in the modulation of depression."3.73Putrescine produces antidepressant-like effects in the forced swimming test and in the tail suspension test in mice. ( Rodrigues, AL; Santos, AR; Zomkowski, AD, 2006)
"Agmatine is an endogenous polyamine synthesized by the enzyme arginine decarboxylase."2.53Agmatine, a potential novel therapeutic strategy for depression. ( Freitas, AE; Neis, VB; Rodrigues, ALS, 2016)
"Agmatine is an endogenous polyamine produced from l-arginine and degraded by agmatinase (AGMAT)."1.91The expression of agmatinase manipulates the affective state of rats subjected to chronic restraint stress. ( Bai, S; Cai, X; Cheng, Y; He, Z; Tong, Z; Wang, G; Wang, T; Wu, J; Xu, C; Xue, Z; Yan, S; Yang, M; Zhang, H, 2023)
"Agmatine levels were significantly reduced in the hippocampus of T2DM rats as compared to the normal fed (NF) control animals."1.56Agmatine modulates anxiety and depression-like behaviour in diabetic insulin-resistant rats. ( Aglawe, MM; Kale, M; Kotagale, N; Nimje, N; Taksande, B; Umekar, M, 2020)
"Depression is one of the most common psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and several studies have shown that oxidative stress plays a key role in the etiopathology of both AD and depression."1.48Agmatine attenuates depressive-like behavior and hippocampal oxidative stress following amyloid β (Aβ1-40) administration in mice. ( de Souza, V; Farina, M; Gonçalves, CL; Guerra de Souza, AC; Hartwig, JM; Prediger, RD, 2018)
"Agmatine is a neuromodulator that has been proposed as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD)."1.48Single administration of agmatine reverses the depressive-like behavior induced by corticosterone in mice: Comparison with ketamine and fluoxetine. ( Bettio, LB; Fraga, DB; Freitas, AE; Gonçalves, FM; Heinrich, IA; Leal, RB; Lopes, MW; Moretti, M; Neis, VB; Olescowicz, G; Rodrigues, ALS; Rosa, PB, 2018)
"Epilepsy is fourth most common neurological disorders associated with depression and cognitive deficits."1.46Agmatine for combined treatment of epilepsy, depression and cognitive impairment in chronic epileptic animals. ( Bagga, N; Gawande, DY; Goel, RK; Kaur, A; Kaur, N; Singh, T, 2017)
"Agmatine pre-treatment at 40mg/kg ameliorated LPS-induced neuroinflammation by attenuating brain IL-1β and TNF-α level."1.43Agmatine ameliorates lipopolysaccharide induced depressive-like behaviour in mice by targeting the underlying inflammatory and oxido-nitrosative mediators. ( Bulani, VD; Chowdhury, AA; Deshpande, PS; Gawali, NB; Juvekar, AR; Nagmoti, DM, 2016)
"Agmatine treatment also normalized the elevated corticosterone levels and prevented the body weight changes in chronically stressed animals."1.39Agmatine attenuates chronic unpredictable mild stress induced behavioral alteration in mice. ( Aglawe, MM; Dixit, MP; Faldu, DS; Kotagale, NR; Sakaria, JN; Taksande, BG; Umekar, MJ, 2013)

Research

Studies (30)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19900 (0.00)18.7374
1990's0 (0.00)18.2507
2000's10 (33.33)29.6817
2010's14 (46.67)24.3611
2020's6 (20.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Yan, S1
Xu, C1
Yang, M1
Zhang, H1
Cheng, Y1
Xue, Z1
He, Z1
Wang, T1
Bai, S1
Wang, G1
Wu, J1
Tong, Z1
Cai, X1
Vinchurney, MD1
Dhokne, MD1
Kotagale, N3
Umekar, MJ4
Taksande, B3
Önel, T1
Arıcıoğlu, F3
Yıldırım, E1
Zortul, H1
Yaba, A1
Sahin Ozkartal, C1
Tuzun, E1
Kucukali, CI1
Ulusoy, C1
Giris, M1
Deshmukh, R1
Dixit, M1
Fating, R1
Umekar, M2
Kale, M1
Nimje, N1
Aglawe, MM3
Singh, T1
Bagga, N1
Kaur, A1
Kaur, N1
Gawande, DY1
Goel, RK1
Guerra de Souza, AC1
Gonçalves, CL1
de Souza, V1
Hartwig, JM1
Farina, M2
Prediger, RD1
Neis, VB4
Bettio, LB1
Moretti, M2
Rosa, PB2
Olescowicz, G1
Fraga, DB1
Gonçalves, FM1
Freitas, AE5
Heinrich, IA1
Lopes, MW1
Leal, RB1
Rodrigues, ALS3
Weiss, T1
Bernard, R1
Bernstein, HG1
Veh, RW1
Laube, G1
Akasaka, N1
Fujiwara, S1
Kotagale, NR4
Paliwal, NP1
Taksande, BG4
Faldu, DS1
Dixit, MP1
Sakaria, JN1
Bettio, LE1
Santos, DB1
Ribeiro, CM1
Rodrigues, AL5
Manosso, LM1
Daufenbach, J1
Chopde, CT2
Egea, J1
Buendia, I1
Gómez-Rangel, V1
Parada, E1
Navarro, E1
Casas, AI1
Wojnicz, A1
Ortiz, JA1
Cuadrado, A1
Ruiz-Nuño, A1
Lopez, MG1
Gawali, NB2
Bulani, VD2
Chowdhury, AA1
Deshpande, PS2
Nagmoti, DM1
Juvekar, AR2
Gursahani, MS1
Kothavade, PS1
Jiang, XZ1
Li, YF2
Zhang, YZ1
Chen, HX1
Li, J2
Wang, NP1
Tripathi, SJ1
Ugale, RR1
Gong, ZH1
Cao, JB1
Wang, HL1
Luo, ZP1
Halaris, A1
Piletz, JE1
Altunbas, H1
Dias Elpo Zomkowski, A1
Oscar Rosa, A1
Lin, J2
Santos, AR4
Calixto, JB2
Lúcia Severo Rodrigues, A1
Zomkowski, AD3
Krass, M1
Wegener, G1
Vasar, E1
Volke, V1
Hammes, L1

Reviews

3 reviews available for agmatine and Depression

ArticleYear
The therapeutic and nutraceutical potential of agmatine, and its enhanced production using Aspergillus oryzae.
    Amino acids, 2020, Volume: 52, Issue:2

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Aspergillus oryzae; Depression; Dietary Supplements; Humans; Metabolic Diseases;

2020
Agmatine, a potential novel therapeutic strategy for depression.
    European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016, Volume: 26, Issue:12

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Depressive Disorder, Major; Humans; Neurotrans

2016
Relevance of imidazoline receptors and agmatine to psychiatry: a decade of progress.
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2003, Volume: 1009

    Topics: Agmatine; Blood Platelets; Brain; Depression; Humans; Imidazoline Receptors; Integrins; Nervous Syst

2003

Other Studies

27 other studies available for agmatine and Depression

ArticleYear
The expression of agmatinase manipulates the affective state of rats subjected to chronic restraint stress.
    Neuropharmacology, 2023, 05-15, Volume: 229

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Anxiety; Depression; Hippocampus; Hum

2023
Agmatine prevents the manifestation of impulsive burying and depression-like behaviour in progesterone withdrawn female rats.
    Hormones and behavior, 2023, Volume: 152

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Calcium Carbonate; Depression; Female; Humans; Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder; P

2023
The effect of maternal separation stress-induced depression on ovarian reserve in Sprague Dawley Rats: The possible role of imipramine and agmatine through a mTOR signal pathway.
    Physiology & behavior, 2023, 10-01, Volume: 269

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Depression; Female; Imipramine; Maternal Deprivation; Ovarian Reserve; Rats; Rats

2023
Antidepressant-like effects of agmatine and NOS inhibitors in chronic unpredictable mild stress model of depression in rats: The involvement of NLRP inflammasomes.
    Brain research, 2019, 12-15, Volume: 1725

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Inflammasomes; Male; N

2019
Agmatine ameliorates manifestation of depression-like behavior and hippocampal neuroinflammation in mouse model of Alzheimer's disease.
    Brain research bulletin, 2020, Volume: 160

    Topics: Agmatine; Alzheimer Disease; Amyloid beta-Peptides; Animals; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Hip

2020
Agmatine modulates anxiety and depression-like behaviour in diabetic insulin-resistant rats.
    Brain research, 2020, 11-15, Volume: 1747

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Cytokines;

2020
Agmatine for combined treatment of epilepsy, depression and cognitive impairment in chronic epileptic animals.
    Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2017, Volume: 92

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Cognitive Dysfunction; Depression; Epilepsy; Male; Mice; Pentylenetetrazole

2017
Agmatine attenuates depressive-like behavior and hippocampal oxidative stress following amyloid β (Aβ1-40) administration in mice.
    Behavioural brain research, 2018, 11-01, Volume: 353

    Topics: Agmatine; Alzheimer Disease; Amyloid beta-Peptides; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Antioxidants; De

2018
Single administration of agmatine reverses the depressive-like behavior induced by corticosterone in mice: Comparison with ketamine and fluoxetine.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2018, Volume: 173

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Brain; Corticosterone; Depression; Disks Large Homolog 4 P

2018
Agmatine modulates spontaneous activity in neurons of the rat medial habenular complex-a relevant mechanism in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression?
    Translational psychiatry, 2018, 09-24, Volume: 8, Issue:1

    Topics: Action Potentials; Agmatine; Animals; Benzofurans; Depression; Female; Habenula; Humans; Idazoxan; I

2018
Possible involvement of neuropeptide Y Y1 receptors in antidepressant like effect of agmatine in rats.
    Peptides, 2013, Volume: 47

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Arginine; Behavior, Animal; Depression; Dose-Response Rela

2013
Agmatine attenuates chronic unpredictable mild stress induced behavioral alteration in mice.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2013, Nov-15, Volume: 720, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Behavior, Animal; Body Weight; Corticosterone; Depression;

2013
Agmatine abolishes restraint stress-induced depressive-like behavior and hippocampal antioxidant imbalance in mice.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2014, Apr-03, Volume: 50

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Antioxidants; Depression; Female; Hippocampus; Immobility

2014
Depressive-like behavior induced by tumor necrosis factor-α is abolished by agmatine administration.
    Behavioural brain research, 2014, Mar-15, Volume: 261

    Topics: Agmatine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Disease Models, Animal;

2014
Chronic agmatine treatment prevents behavioral manifestations of nicotine withdrawal in mice.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2015, May-05, Volume: 754

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Brain; Depression; Infusions, Intraventricular; Male;

2015
Agmatine, by Improving Neuroplasticity Markers and Inducing Nrf2, Prevents Corticosterone-Induced Depressive-Like Behavior in Mice.
    Molecular neurobiology, 2016, Volume: 53, Issue:5

    Topics: Agmatine; Anhedonia; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Astrocytes; Behavior, Animal; Biomarkers; Corti

2016
Agmatine ameliorates lipopolysaccharide induced depressive-like behaviour in mice by targeting the underlying inflammatory and oxido-nitrosative mediators.
    Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior, 2016, Volume: 149

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Depression; Drug Delivery Systems; Inflammation Mediators; Lipopolysaccharides; M

2016
Agmatine attenuates chronic unpredictable mild stress-induced anxiety, depression-like behaviours and cognitive impairment by modulating nitrergic signalling pathway.
    Brain research, 2017, 05-15, Volume: 1663

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Chronic Di

2017
[5-HT1A/1B receptors, alpha2-adrenoceptors and the post-receptor adenylate cyclase activation in the mice brain are involved in the antidepressant-like action of agmatine].
    Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica, 2008, Volume: 43, Issue:5

    Topics: Adenylyl Cyclases; Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; Agmatine; Animals; Ant

2008
Antidepressant like effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors involve modulation of imidazoline receptors by agmatine.
    Neuropharmacology, 2009, Volume: 57, Issue:4

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Arginine; Brain; Carboxy-Lyases; Depression; Dose-Response

2009
Antidepressant-like effect of agmatine and its possible mechanism.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2003, May-23, Volume: 469, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Biogenic Monoamines; Depression; Dose-Response Relationshi

2003
Is agmatine an endogenous anxiolytic/antidepressant agent?
    Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2003, Volume: 1009

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Anti-Anxiety Agents; Antidepressive Agents; Anxiety; Behavior, Animal; Depression

2003
Evidence for serotonin receptor subtypes involvement in agmatine antidepressant like-effect in the mouse forced swimming test.
    Brain research, 2004, Oct-15, Volume: 1023, Issue:2

    Topics: Agmatine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Behavior, Animal; Depression; Diseas

2004
Evidence for the involvement of the opioid system in the agmatine antidepressant-like effect in the forced swimming test.
    Neuroscience letters, 2005, Jun-24, Volume: 381, Issue:3

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Male; Mice; Mo

2005
Putrescine produces antidepressant-like effects in the forced swimming test and in the tail suspension test in mice.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2006, Dec-30, Volume: 30, Issue:8

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Imipramine; Im

2006
Antidepressant-like effect of agmatine is not mediated by serotonin.
    Behavioural brain research, 2008, Apr-09, Volume: 188, Issue:2

    Topics: Agmatine; Analysis of Variance; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Behavior, Animal; Depression; Diseas

2008
Agmatine produces antidepressant-like effects in two models of depression in mice.
    Neuroreport, 2002, Mar-25, Volume: 13, Issue:4

    Topics: Agmatine; Animals; Antidepressive Agents; Antidepressive Agents, Tricyclic; Depression; Disease Mode

2002