Antidepressant but not prophylactic ketamine administration alters calretinin and calbindin expression in the ventral hippocampus

CT LaGamma, WW Tang, AA Morgan… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Ketamine has been found to have rapid, long-lasting antidepressant effects in treatment-
resistant (TR) patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Recently, we have also shown …

[HTML][HTML] Ketamine exerts its sustained antidepressant effects via cell-type-specific regulation of Kcnq2

JP Lopez, MD Lücken, E Brivio, S Karamihalev, A Kos… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
A single sub-anesthetic dose of ketamine produces a rapid and sustained antidepressant
response, yet the molecular mechanisms responsible for this remain unclear. Here, we …

The novel antidepressant ketamine enhances dentate gyrus proliferation with no effects on synaptic plasticity or hippocampal function in depressive‐like rats

H Michaëlsson, M Andersson, J Svensson… - Acta …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Major depressive disorder is a common and debilitating condition with substantial
economic impact. Treatment options, although effective, are aimed at relieving the symptoms …

Molecular Mechanism and Clinical Relevance of Ketamine as Rapid‐Acting Antidepressant

V Pešić, J Petrović, MM Jukić - Drug development research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Preclinical Research The emergence of rapid‐acting antidepressants such as
ketamine has motivated studies aiming to reveal the molecular mechanism of the ketamine …

Myelin-associated oligodendrocytic basic protein-dependent myelin repair confers the long-lasting antidepressant effect of ketamine

C Huang, Z Wu, D Wang, Y Qu, J Zhang, R Jiang… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Ketamine exhibits rapid and sustained antidepressant effects. As decreased myelination has
been linked to depression pathology, changes in myelination may be a pivotal mechanism …

Chronic administration of ketamine induces cognitive deterioration by restraining synaptic signaling

Y Luo, Y Yu, M Zhang, H He, N Fan - Molecular Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of the rapid antidepressant effects of ketamine has arguably been the most
important advance in depression treatment. Recently, it was reported that repeated long …

Neurotrophic mechanisms underlying the rapid and sustained antidepressant actions of ketamine

S Deyama, RS Duman - Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 2020 - Elsevier
Clinical and preclinical studies have demonstrated that depression, one of the most common
psychiatric illnesses, is associated with reduced levels of neurotrophic factors, including …

Uncovering the underlying mechanisms of ketamine as a novel antidepressant

S Xu, X Yao, B Li, R Cui, C Zhu, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a devastating psychiatric disorder which exacts
enormous personal and social-economic burdens. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-aspartate …

Ketamine and its metabolite,(2R, 6R)-HNK, restore hippocampal LTP and long-term spatial memory in the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression

LR Aleksandrova, YT Wang, AG Phillips - Molecular brain, 2020 - Springer
Accumulating evidence implicates dysregulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity in the
pathophysiology of depression. However, the effects of ketamine on synaptic plasticity and …

Ketamine's antidepressant effect: focus on ketamine mechanisms of action

P De Maricourt, T Jay, P Goncalves, H Lôo… - L' …, 2014 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background In recent years, discovery of ketamine's fast and powerful antidepressant effects
for treatment-resistant depression (TRD) has led to rethinking of the pathophysiology of …