Monthly Archives: March 2012

Beyond the serotonin hypothesis: mitochondria, inflammation and neurodegeneration in major depression and affective spectrum disorders.

Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Apr 29;35(3):730-43. Epub 2010 Aug 5.Beyond the serotonin hypothesis: mitochondria, inflammation and neurodegeneration in major depression and affective spectrum disorders.Gardner A, Boles RG.Source Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden. agtorndal@odenhall.seAbstract For many years, … Continue reading

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The relationship between depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes.

Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2010 May 6;6:123-36.The relationship between depression, anxiety, and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndromes.Huffman JC, Celano CM, Januzzi JL.Source Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street/Blake 11, Boston, MA, USA. jhuffman@partners.orgAbstract Depression and … Continue reading

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Stress, food, and inflammation: psychoneuroimmunology and nutrition at the cutting edge.

Psychosom Med. 2010 May;72(4):365-9. Epub 2010 Apr 21.Stress, food, and inflammation: psychoneuroimmunology and nutrition at the cutting edge.Kiecolt-Glaser JK.Source Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1228, … Continue reading

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Polyunsaturated fatty acids, neuroinflammation and well being.

Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2010 Apr-Jun;82(4-6):295-303. Epub 2010 Mar 15.Polyunsaturated fatty acids, neuroinflammation and well being.LayĆ© S.Source Psychoneuroimmunology, Nutrition and Genetic (PsyNuGen), UMR INRA 1286, CNRS 5226, University Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, France. sophie.laye@bordeaux.inra.frAbstract The innate immune system of the … Continue reading

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Black sheep get the blues: a psychobiological model of social rejection and depression.

Black sheep presumably also get less Vitamin D. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2010 Sep;35(1):39-45. Epub 2010 Jan 18.Black sheep get the blues: a psychobiological model of social rejection and depression.Slavich GM, O’Donovan A, Epel ES, Kemeny ME.Source Department of Psychiatry, University … Continue reading

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Maurice Preter, MD

Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.