Teodor T Postolache

Summary

Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Greater improvement in summer than with light treatment in winter in patients with seasonal affective disorder
    T T Postolache
    Clinical Psychobiology Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 155:1614-6. 1998
  2. ncbi Monorhinal odor identification and depression scores in patients with seasonal affective disorder
    T T Postolache
    Section on Biological Rhythms NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892 1390, USA
    J Affect Disord 56:27-35. 1999
  3. ncbi Patients with seasonal affective disorder have lower odor detection thresholds than control subjects
    Teodor T Postolache
    Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health NIH, 10 Center Dr, Room 3S 231, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:1119-22. 2002
  4. ncbi Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: measurement of effect on platelet function
    Donna Jo McCloskey
    National Institutes of Health, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Transl Res 151:168-72. 2008
  5. ncbi Seasonal allergy and seasonal decrements in athletic performance
    Hirsh D Komarow
    Laboratory of Allergic Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Clin Sports Med 24:e35-50, xiii. 2005
  6. ncbi Inflammatory genes and neural activity: involvement of immune genes in synaptic function and behavior
    Leonardo H Tonelli
    Section on Neuroendocrine Immunology and Behavior, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4020, USA
    Front Biosci 10:675-80. 2005
  7. ncbi Seasonal variations in mood and behavior in Romanian postgraduate students
    Joseph J Soriano
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:870-9. 2007
  8. ncbi Mood sensitivity to seasonal changes in African college students living in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area
    Alvaro Guzman
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:584-91. 2007
  9. ncbi Tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and major histocompatibility complex molecules in the normal brain and after peripheral immune challenge
    Leonardo H Tonelli
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1549, USA
    Neurol Res 27:679-84. 2005
  10. ncbi Mood-worsening with high-pollen-counts and seasonality: a preliminary report
    Alvaro Guzman
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Affect Disord 101:269-74. 2007

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Publications19

  1. ncbi Greater improvement in summer than with light treatment in winter in patients with seasonal affective disorder
    T T Postolache
    Clinical Psychobiology Branch, NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 155:1614-6. 1998
    ..The authors sought to compare the degree of mood improvement after light treatment with mood improvement in the subsequent summer in patients with seasonal affective disorder...
  2. ncbi Monorhinal odor identification and depression scores in patients with seasonal affective disorder
    T T Postolache
    Section on Biological Rhythms NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892 1390, USA
    J Affect Disord 56:27-35. 1999
    ....
  3. ncbi Patients with seasonal affective disorder have lower odor detection thresholds than control subjects
    Teodor T Postolache
    Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health NIH, 10 Center Dr, Room 3S 231, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 59:1119-22. 2002
    ..Because the olfactory system has a modulatory role in seasonal photoperiodic responses in certain species, we hypothesized that olfactory function may differ between patients with seasonal affective disorder and healthy control subjects...
  4. ncbi Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: measurement of effect on platelet function
    Donna Jo McCloskey
    National Institutes of Health, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Transl Res 151:168-72. 2008
    ..Abnormal PFA-100 results suggest additional evaluation for von Willebrand disease, other platelet inhibitory medications, or underlying intrinsic platelet dysfunction...
  5. ncbi Seasonal allergy and seasonal decrements in athletic performance
    Hirsh D Komarow
    Laboratory of Allergic Disease, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Clin Sports Med 24:e35-50, xiii. 2005
    ..Doping considerations grant additional complexity to this issue and underscore the need for a competent, skillful, informed, and ethical approach to treating seasonal allergy in the competitive athlete...
  6. ncbi Inflammatory genes and neural activity: involvement of immune genes in synaptic function and behavior
    Leonardo H Tonelli
    Section on Neuroendocrine Immunology and Behavior, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4020, USA
    Front Biosci 10:675-80. 2005
    ..This review will discuss recent data indicating a role for immune genes in synaptic stability and will also discuss the implications for specific brain functions involving mood and cognition...
  7. ncbi Seasonal variations in mood and behavior in Romanian postgraduate students
    Joseph J Soriano
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:870-9. 2007
    ..Finding an increased rate of summer SAD in the minority of those with access to air conditioners was surprising and deserves replication...
  8. ncbi Mood sensitivity to seasonal changes in African college students living in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan area
    Alvaro Guzman
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:584-91. 2007
    ..As Africans also had a greater rate of summer SAD, this argues against acclimatization to heat...
  9. ncbi Tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1 beta, interleukin-6 and major histocompatibility complex molecules in the normal brain and after peripheral immune challenge
    Leonardo H Tonelli
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 1549, USA
    Neurol Res 27:679-84. 2005
    ..This review will discuss the importance of infections on basic neuronal processes owing to the alteration in the brain of the balance of cytokines involved in higher brain functions...
  10. ncbi Mood-worsening with high-pollen-counts and seasonality: a preliminary report
    Alvaro Guzman
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Affect Disord 101:269-74. 2007
    ..Since pollen is absent during winter, we specifically predicted that mood sensitivity to tree pollen will predict non-winter SAD but not winter SAD...
  11. ncbi Seasonal variation in mood in African American college students in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area
    Charles O Agumadu
    D.C. Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:1084-9. 2004
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  12. ncbi Sports chronobiology consultation: from the lab to the arena
    Teodor T Postolache
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Clin Sports Med 24:415-56, xiv. 2005
    ..Short vignettes of actual cases are presented for edification, and references are made to appropriate reviews found elsewhere in this issue...
  13. ncbi Circadian phase shifting, alerting, and antidepressant effects of bright light treatment
    Teodor T Postolache
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Clin Sports Med 24:381-413, xii. 2005
    ..This article discusses the therapeutic use of bright light treatment, its side effects, and mechanisms of action...
  14. ncbi Precipitants of adolescent suicide: possible interaction between allergic inflammation and alcohol intake
    Gloria M Reeves
    Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division and Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:37-43. 2007
    ..Considering the greater prevalence of allergy in adolescence when alcohol use starts, studies investigating the connection between allergy, alcohol, and suicide should be expanded to also include a focus on youth...
  15. ncbi Intranasal immune challenge induces sex-dependent depressive-like behavior and cytokine expression in the brain
    Leonardo H Tonelli
    Laboratory of Behavioral Neuroimmunology, Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201 1549, MD, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 33:1038-48. 2008
    ..These results further our understanding of the role that the immune system may play in the pathophysiology of depression...
  16. ncbi Sleep-wake and other biological rhythms: functional neuroanatomy
    John W Stiller
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 685 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Clin Sports Med 24:205-35, vii. 2005
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  17. ncbi Seasonal changes in sleep duration in African American and African college students living in Washington, D.C
    Janna Volkov
    District of Columbia Department of Mental Health and St Elizabeths Hospital, Residency Training Program, Washington, DC 20032, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:880-7. 2007
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  18. ncbi Changes in allergy symptoms and depression scores are positively correlated in patients with recurrent mood disorders exposed to seasonal peaks in aeroallergens
    Teodor T Postolache
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:1968-77. 2007
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  19. ncbi A prospective longitudinal study of seasonality in African students living in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
    Alvaro Guzman
    Mood and Anxiety Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 7:577-83. 2007
    ..Benefiting from certain unique features of our cohorts allowing adjustment for order effects, this is the first study to identify a seasonal variation in body weight with a peak in winter using longitudinal monthly measurements...