Ethnopharmacological approaches in mood and anxiety disorders. The relevance of the oxidative stress status

Simplice Harquin Foyet / Ioana-Miruna Balmus / Ngatanko Abaïssou Hervé Hervé / Asongalem Acha Emmanuel / Samson Guenne / Martin Kiendrebéogo / Alin Ciobica Published Online: 2017-03-09 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jcim-2016-0059 30,00 € / $42.00 / £23.00 Get Access to Full Text Abstract Neurodegenerative diseases and psychiatric disorders are one of the most important pathologies that lead to increased morbidity in populations. Both mood and anxiety disorders include mental disorders not caused by detectable organic abnormalities of the brain. At the molecular level, affective spectrum symptomatology is due to neurotransmitter dysregulation including receptor or transporter impairments and also due to faulty intracellular signaling that generally leads to impaired neurotransmission. Also, recent studies have shown the relationship between oxidative stress and the development of affective disorders. 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Research funding: Ioana-Miruna Balmus was co-funded by the European Social Fund through Sectorial Operational Program of Human Resources Development 2007 – 2013, project number POSDRU/187/1.5/S/155397, project title “Towards a New Generation of Elite Researchers through Doctoral Scholarships” during the work for this review. Ciobica Alin and Miruna Balmus are supported by a PN II Research Grant no. PN-II-RU-TE-2014-4-1886, called “A Complex Study regarding the Relevance of Oxytocin Administration in Some Animal Models of Neuropsychiatric Disorders.” Employment or leadership: None declared. Honorarium: None declared. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication. 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