Late-Onset Depression in an Aging World: A Multidimensional Perspective on Risks, Mechanisms, and Treatment
Overview
This narrative review synthesizes evidence on late-onset depression (LOD), characterizing it as a distinct clinical phenotype marked by apathy, psychomotor slowing, and cognitive impairment. The resource covers epidemiological factors, neurobiological mechanisms such as vascular and inflammatory pathways, and treatment strategies including pharmacotherapy and neuromodulation for clinicians and researchers.
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- Antonio Maria D’Onofrio (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Gaspare Filippo Ferrajoli, Lodovico Maria Balzoni (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Marco Massetti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Andrea Zanzarri (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Giuseppe Marano (Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Marianna Mazza (Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Alexia Koukopoulos (Link Campus University), Georgios D. Kotzalidis (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Lorenzo Moccia (Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Alessio Simonetti (Baylor College of Medicine), Delfina Janiri (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Marco Di Nicola (Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic), Gabriele Sani (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore), Giovanni Camardese (Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic)
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- 2026-01-26
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- gold
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- 10.3390/geriatrics11010013
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@article{allodium:71970cba8b0f48fc,
title = {Late-Onset Depression in an Aging World: A Multidimensional Perspective on Risks, Mechanisms, and Treatment},
author = {Antonio Maria D’Onofrio and Gaspare Filippo Ferrajoli and Lodovico Maria Balzoni and Marco Massetti and Andrea Zanzarri and Giuseppe Marano and Marianna Mazza and Alexia Koukopoulos and Georgios D. Kotzalidis and Lorenzo Moccia and Alessio Simonetti and Delfina Janiri and Marco Di Nicola and Gabriele Sani and Giovanni Camardese},
year = {2026},
journal = {PubMed Central},
doi = {10.3390/geriatrics11010013},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics11010013}
}RIS
TY - JOUR TI - Late-Onset Depression in an Aging World: A Multidimensional Perspective on Risks, Mechanisms, and Treatment AU - D’Onofrio, Antonio Maria AU - Ferrajoli, Gaspare Filippo AU - Balzoni, Lodovico Maria AU - Massetti, Marco AU - Zanzarri, Andrea AU - Marano, Giuseppe AU - Mazza, Marianna AU - Koukopoulos, Alexia AU - Kotzalidis, Georgios D. AU - Moccia, Lorenzo AU - Simonetti, Alessio AU - Janiri, Delfina AU - Nicola, Marco Di AU - Sani, Gabriele AU - Camardese, Giovanni PY - 2026 PB - PubMed Central DO - 10.3390/geriatrics11010013 UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics11010013 ER -
APA
D’Onofrio, A. M., Ferrajoli, G. F., Balzoni, L. M., Massetti, M., Zanzarri, A., Marano, G., Mazza, M., Koukopoulos, A., Kotzalidis, G. D., Moccia, L., Simonetti, A., Janiri, D., Nicola, M. D., Sani, G., & Camardese, G. (2026). Late-Onset Depression in an Aging World: A Multidimensional Perspective on Risks, Mechanisms, and Treatment. PubMed Central. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics11010013
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