Prolonged ketamine infusion modulates limbic connectivity and induces sustained remission of treatment-resistant depression.
Siegel JS, Palanca BJA, Ances BM, Kharasch ED, Schweiger JA, Yingling MD, Snyder AZ, Nicol GE, Lenze EJ, Farber NB. Prolonged ketamine infusion modulates limbic connectivity and induces sustained remission of treatment-resistant depression. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Apr;238(4):1157-1169. doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-05762-6. Epub 2021 Jan 22. PMID: 33483802; PMCID: PMC7969576. Highlights: · In this open-label, proof-of-principle study, […]
Sustained rescue of prefrontal circuit dysfunction by antidepressant-induced spine formation
R.N. Moda-Sava, M.H. Murdock, P.K. Parekh, R.N. Fetcho, B.S. Huang, T.N. Huynh, J. Witztum, D.C. Shaver, D.L. Rosenthal, E.J. Alway, K. Lopoz, Y. Meng, L. Nellissen, L. Grosenick, T.A. Milner, K.Deisseroth, H. Bito, H. Kasai, C. Liston. Sustained rescue of prefrontal circuit dysfunction by antidepressant-induced spine formation. 2019 Apr 12; Vol 364, Issue 6436. DOI: […]
(R)-Ketamine Rapidly Ameliorates the Decreased Spine Density in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus of Susceptible Mice After Chronic Social Defeat Stress. Ketamine demonstrates neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is hypothesized to be a key component to mental health recovery.
Zhang J, Qu Y, Chang L, Pu Y, Hashimoto K. (R)-Ketamine Rapidly Ameliorates the Decreased Spine Density in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampus of Susceptible Mice After Chronic Social Defeat Stress. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2019 Oct 1;22(10):675-679. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyz048. PMID: 31504547; PMCID: PMC6822137. Highlights: This study suggests that (R)-ketamine rapidly ameliorates the decreased spine […]
Ketamine triggers a switch in excitatory neuronal activity across neocortex.
Cichon, J., Wasilczuk, A.Z., Looger, L.L. et al. Ketamine triggers a switch in excitatory neuronal activity across neocortex. Nat Neurosci (2022). Highlights: Ketamine reorganizes neuronal activity and switches on active circuits. In mice, this study demonstrates that ketamine causes spontaneously active neurons to become deactivated and reactivates prior spontaneously deactivated neurons. This switch occurs in […]
Ketamine normalizes subgenual cingulate cortex hyper-activity in depression.
Morris, L. S., Costi, S., Tan, A., Stern, E. R., Charney, D. S., & Murrough, J. W. (2020). Ketamine normalizes subgenual cingulate cortex hyper-activity in depression. Neuropsychopharmacology, 45(6), 975–981. Highlights: There was a significant improvement in MDD symptoms following a single-dose intravenous ketamine. Following a 40-minute infusion of ketamine at a dose of 0.5mg/kg, patients […]
Neuroimaging correlates and predictors of response to repeated-dose intravenous ketamine in PTSD: Preliminary evidence.
Norbury, A., Rutter, S. B., Collins, A. B., Costi, S., Jha, M. K., Horn, S. R., Kautz, M., Corniquel, M., Collins, K. A., Glasgow, A. M., Brallier, J., Shin, L. M., Charney, D. S., Murrough, J. W., & Feder, A. (2021). Neuroimaging correlates and predictors of response to repeated-dose intravenous ketamine in PTSD: Preliminary evidence. […]
Prolonged ketamine infusion modulates limbic connectivity and induces sustained remission of treatment-resistant depression.
Siegel JS, Palanca BJA, Ances BM, Kharasch ED, Schweiger JA, Yingling MD, Snyder AZ, Nicol GE, Lenze EJ, Farber NB. Prolonged ketamine infusion modulates limbic connectivity and induces sustained remission of treatment-resistant depression. Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2021 Apr;238(4):1157-1169. doi: 10.1007/s00213-021-05762-6. Epub 2021 Jan 22. PMID: 33483802; PMCID: PMC7969576. Highlights: In this open-label, proof-of-principle study, adults […]
Increased reactivity of the mesolimbic reward system after ketamine injection in patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder.
Sterpenich, V., Vidal, S., Hofmeister, J., Michalopoulos, G., Bancila, V., Warrot, D., Dayer, A., Desseilles, M., Aubry, J.-M., Kosel, M., Schwartz, S., & Vutskits, L. (2019). Increased reactivity of the mesolimbic reward system after ketamine injection in patients with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. Anesthesiology, 130(6), 923–935. Highlights: As expected, ketamine administration led to an […]