...), prealbumin (PAB), hemoglobin (Hb) were measured before and after treatment. Self-rating Scale of Life Quality (SSLQ) and Quality of life (QoL) was assessed to analyze the patients’ quality of life. Psychological status was evaluated using both the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS-A/D...

...Undine E. Lang; Christoph Beglinger; Nina Schweinfurth; Marc Walter; Stefan Borgwardt Several nutrition, food and dietary compounds have been suggested to be involved in the onset and maintenance of depressive disorders and in the severity of depressive symptoms. Nutritional compounds might...

... for the Beck depression inventory, the obsessive compulsive drinking and the withdrawal syndrome scales. Conclusion: These data support the potential of ASM as a biomarker for the course of withdrawal therapy in males and provide the first associations of this enzyme with psychological variables...

...Christina Leibrock; Teresa F. Ackermann; Michael Hierlmeier; Florian Lang; Stefan Borgwardt; Undine E. Lang Background: The economic burden associated with major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders render both disorders the most common and debilitating psychiatric illnesses. To date...

...Undine E. Lang; Stefan Borgwardt Depression is a multicausal disorder and has been associated with the risk to develop cancer, dementia, diabetes, epilepsy and stroke. As a metabolic disorder depression has been associated with obesity, diabetes, insulin sensitivity, neuropeptide Y, glucose...

... a phenotype less prone to depression. Moreover, gsk-3 KI mice were less sensitive to the application of chronic mild stress and showed a decreased HPA axis activity. Conclusions: The present observations disclose a significant role of PKB/SGK-dependent regulation of GSK-3 in the control of activity, anxiety...

...Teresa F. Ackermann; Heide Hörtnagl; David P. Wolfer; Giovanni Colacicco; Reinhard Sohr; Florian Lang; Rainer Hellweg; Undine E. Lang Pathological anxiety is paralleled by deficits in serotonergic and GABAergic neurotransmission in the amygdala. Conversely, anxiety disorders and depression may...