The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update
Cholesterol is a core component of the central nervous system, essential for the cell membrane stability and the correct functioning of neurotransmission. It has been observed that cholesterol may be somewhat associated with suicidal behaviours. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to elucidate curr...
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pubmed-36716962013-06-12 The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update De Berardis, Domenico Marini, Stefano Piersanti, Monica Cavuto, Marilde Perna, Giampaolo Valchera, Alessandro Mazza, Monica Fornaro, Michele Iasevoli, Felice Martinotti, Giovanni Di Giannantonio, Massimo Review Article Cholesterol is a core component of the central nervous system, essential for the cell membrane stability and the correct functioning of neurotransmission. It has been observed that cholesterol may be somewhat associated with suicidal behaviours. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to elucidate current facts and views about the role of cholesterol levels in mood disorders. The majority of the studies reviewed in the present paper suggest an interesting relationship between cholesterol (especially lower levels) and suicidality. On the other hand, particularly during the last years, relationships between serum cholesterol and suicidality were doubted on the basis of some recent studies that have not found any correlation. However, the debate on relationships between cholesterol and suicide is open and longitudinal studies on a larger sample of patients are needed to further clarify this important issue. International Scholarly Research Network 2012-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3671696/ /pubmed/23762765 http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2012/387901 Text en Copyright © 2012 Domenico De Berardis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
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De Berardis, Domenico Marini, Stefano Piersanti, Monica Cavuto, Marilde Perna, Giampaolo Valchera, Alessandro Mazza, Monica Fornaro, Michele Iasevoli, Felice Martinotti, Giovanni Di Giannantonio, Massimo |
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De Berardis, Domenico Marini, Stefano Piersanti, Monica Cavuto, Marilde Perna, Giampaolo Valchera, Alessandro Mazza, Monica Fornaro, Michele Iasevoli, Felice Martinotti, Giovanni Di Giannantonio, Massimo The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update |
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De Berardis, Domenico Marini, Stefano Piersanti, Monica Cavuto, Marilde Perna, Giampaolo Valchera, Alessandro Mazza, Monica Fornaro, Michele Iasevoli, Felice Martinotti, Giovanni Di Giannantonio, Massimo |
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The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update |
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The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update |
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The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update |
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The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update |
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The Relationships between Cholesterol and Suicide: An Update |
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relationships between cholesterol and suicide: an update |
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Cholesterol is a core component of the central nervous system, essential for the cell membrane stability and the correct functioning of neurotransmission. It has been observed that cholesterol may be somewhat associated with suicidal behaviours. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to elucidate current facts and views about the role of cholesterol levels in mood disorders. The majority of the studies reviewed in the present paper suggest an interesting relationship between cholesterol (especially lower levels) and suicidality. On the other hand, particularly during the last years, relationships between serum cholesterol and suicidality were doubted on the basis of some recent studies that have not found any correlation. However, the debate on relationships between cholesterol and suicide is open and longitudinal studies on a larger sample of patients are needed to further clarify this important issue. |
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