Cellular Aging and Neurobiology of Depression Study
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“Cellular Aging and Neurobiology of Depression Study”
We are conducting an eight week longitudinal study to learn if blood levels of certain naturally occurring compounds and genetic markers differ between patients with depression and healthy adults who are not depressed, and if any such differences relate to memory performance, mood, and neurobiology. We will do this by comparing the unmedicated depressed patients with matched healthy controls at baseline and then following the depressed patients over the course of eight weeks of standardized antidepressant treatment to gauge which baseline abnormalities normalize over the course of treatment.
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Drug - Treatment with SSRI
Participants who enroll in this phase are treated with an FDA-approved SSRI in an open-label "treatment-as-usual" manner, in accordance with clinical practices and at a titration rate no more rapid than the manufacturer's recommendations. The duration of the treatment phase is 8 weeks. Other Name: fluoxetine (Prozac®), Sertraline (Zoloft®), paroxetine (Paxil®), citalopram (Celexa®), escitalopram (Lexapro®)
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Neurosteroid Metabolism and the Antidepressant Effects of Serotonin Specific Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's)
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NCT00285935
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