title: Towards a multimodal treatment of depression: a minireview on the potential role of antibiotics.
abstract: In regard of increasing rates of post-stroke mood disorders and evidences of a neuroprotective effect of antbiotics after cerebral ischemia we have reviewed the clinical relevance of the neuroprotective and mood stabilizing effects of antibiotics in the light of the basic pathophysiology of depression.
authors.affiliation: Neuron-Neuropsychiatry Center, Izmir, Turkey. yulug@gmx.de
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yulug
authors.forename: W-R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Schäbitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003863:Depression / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents