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Overview

Philip W. Gold is affiliated with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Neuroscience, with particular attention to subfields such as Behavioral Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Pharmacology, and Neurology.

Their work addresses key topics including Stress Responses and Cortisol, Tryptophan and brain disorders, Resilience and Mental Health, Treatment of Major Depression, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Diet and metabolism studies, and Memory and Neural Mechanisms.

Philip W. Gold has contributed to multiple publication venues, most frequently to Molecular Psychiatry, with four published papers. Other venues include Brain medicine, Drug Discovery Today, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism.

  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Brain medicine
  • Drug Discovery Today
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Philip W. Gold include:

  • Comment on: Antidepressants act by directly binding to TRKB neurotrophin receptors, 2024, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Inflammation, stress and depression: An exploration of ketamine's therapeutic profile, 2023, Drug Discovery Today
  • The PPARg System in Major Depression: Pathophysiologic and Therapeutic Implications, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Endocrine Factors in Key Structural and Intracellular Changes in Depression, 2021, Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • Re-assessing the catecholamine hypothesis of depression: the case of melancholic depression, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry

Frequent co-authors in Philip W. Gold's research include Ma-Li Wong, Jenessa N. Johnston, Maximillian Greenwald, Ioline D. Henter, and Christoph Kraus.

  • Ma-Li Wong
  • Jenessa N. Johnston
  • Maximillian Greenwald
  • Ioline D. Henter
  • Christoph Kraus

Philip W. Gold has published extensively on the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying stress-related disorders and depression. Their work covers neuroendocrine factors, neuroinflammation, and treatment implications, including exploration of pharmacological agents such as ketamine. The research combines clinical psychology with biological and behavioral neuroscience approaches to better understand psychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • The Concepts of Stress and Stress System Disorders: Overview of Physical and Behavioral Homeostasis

    George P. Chrousos;Philip W. Gold

  • Organization of the stress system and its dysregulation in melancholic and atypical depression: high vs low CRH/NE states

    P W Gold;G P Chrousos

  • Clinical and biochemical manifestations of depression. Relation to the neurobiology of stress (2)

    Philip W. Gold;Frederick K. Goodwin;George P. Chrousos

  • Mood disorders in the medically ill: scientific review and recommendations.

    Dwight L. Evans;Dennis S. Charney;Dennis S. Charney;Lydia Lewis;Robert N. Golden

  • Mechanisms of stress: a dynamic overview of hormonal and behavioral homeostasis.

    Elizabeth O. Johnson;Themis C. Kamilaris;George Panagiotis Chrousos;Philip W.P. Gold

  • Evidence for impaired activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.

    Mark A. Demitrack;Janet K. Dale;Stephen E. Straus;Louisa Laue

  • Interactions between the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and the Female Reproductive System: Clinical Implications

    George P. Chrousos;David J. Torpy;Philip W. Gold

  • Inflammatory mediator-induced hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation is defective in streptococcal cell wall arthritis-susceptible Lewis rats

    Esther M. Sternberg;Joanna M. Hill;George P. Chrousos;Themis Kamilaris

  • Human leptin levels are pulsatile and inversely related to pituitary-adrenal function.

    Julio Licinio;Christos Mantzoros;André B. Negråo;Giovanni Cizza

  • Altered expression of hypothalamic neuropeptide mRNAs in food-restricted and food-deprived rats.

    Linda S. Brady;Mark A. Smith;Philip W. Gold;Miles Herkenham

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis perturbations in patients with fibromyalgia.

    Leslie J. Crofford;Stanley R. Pillemer;Konstantine T. Kalogeras;Joseph M. Cash

  • Acute Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Responses to the Stress of Treadmill Exercise. Physiologic Adaptations to Physical Training

    A. Luger;P. A. Deuster;S. B. Kyle;W. T. Gallucci

  • Pronounced and sustained central hypernoradrenergic function in major depression with melancholic features: relation to hypercortisolism and corticotropin-releasing hormone.

    Ma Li Wong;Mitchel A. Kling;Peter J. Munson;Samuel Listwak

  • The organization of the stress system and its dysregulation in depressive illness

    P W Gold

  • Neuroendocrinology of stress.

    Kamal E. Habib;Philip W. Gold;George P. Chrousos

  • The stress response and the regulation of inflammatory disease.

    Esther M. Sternberg;George P. Chrousos;Ronald L. Wilder;Philip W. Gold

  • A central nervous system defect in biosynthesis of corticotropin-releasing hormone is associated with susceptibility to streptococcal cell wall-induced arthritis in Lewis rats.

    E M Sternberg;W S Young;R Bernardini;A E Calogero

  • Circadian interleukin-6 secretion and quantity and depth of sleep.

    Alexandros N. Vgontzas;Dimitris A. Papanicolaou;Edward O. Bixler;Angela Lotsikas

  • Abnormal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal function in anorexia nervosa. Pathophysiologic mechanisms in underweight and weight-corrected patients.

    P. W. Gold;H. Gwirtsman;P. C. Avgerinos;L. K. Nieman;L. K. Nieman

  • Bone Mineral Density in Women with Depression

    David Michelson;Constantine Stratakis;Lauren Hill;James Reynolds

Frequent Co-Authors

George P. Chrousos
George P. Chrousos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Julio Licinio
Julio Licinio SUNY Upstate Medical University
Ma-Li Wong
Ma-Li Wong SUNY Upstate Medical University
Robert M. Post
Robert M. Post George Washington University
David R. Rubinow
David R. Rubinow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edward H. Oldfield
Edward H. Oldfield University of Virginia
Ronald L. Wilder
Ronald L. Wilder National Institutes of Health
Kenner C. Rice
Kenner C. Rice National Institutes of Health
D. Lynn Loriaux
D. Lynn Loriaux Oregon Health & Science University
Alec Roy
Alec Roy United States Department of Veterans Affairs

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