Telomere shortening in late‐life depression: A potential marker of depression severity

Telomere shortening in leukocyte subpopulations in depression

BACKGROUND Telomere shortening is a normal age-related process. However, premature shortening of telomeres in leukocytes--as has been reported in depression--may increase the risk for age-related diseases. While previous studies investigated telomere length in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) as a whole, this study investigated specific changes in the clonal composition of white blood...

Personality characteristics and severity of depression in alopecia areata patients

The relationship between psychological factors and alopecia areata is already a controversial issue. Previous researches have mainly focussed on the impact of stressors and occasionally the underlying psychiatric disorders. The relationship of personality with this disease has not been investigated. A group of alopecia areata patients ( n=31) was compared with a control group ( n=31) of age mat...

Rate and severity of depression in patients with Parkinson's disease

Depression is common and may occur at any stage in the long history of Parkinson’s disease, markedly affecting a patient’s threshold to discomfort, but it is particularly difficult to assess before clear clinical features are evident. The rate of depression in patients with Parkinson’s disease vary, partly because of differences in the definition of depression, difficulties in distinguishing be...

Impaired pitch identification as a potential marker for depression

BACKGROUND Impaired auditory performance has been considered as marker for depression. The present study tested whether pitch perception is affected in depression and whether the impairment is task-specific or reflects global dysfunction. METHODS Twelve depressive in-patients and 12 non-depressive participants, half of the sample women, volunteered. The participants performed pitch identifica...

Title:telomere Shortening in Leukocyte Subpopulations in Depression