Maintenance ketamine treatment for depression: a systematic review of efficacy, safety, and tolerability

SY Smith-Apeldoorn, JKE Veraart, J Spijker… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Ketamine has rapid yet often transient antidepressant effects in patients with treatment-
resistant depression. Different strategies have been proposed to prolong these effects …

Extrasynaptic NMDA receptors in acute and chronic excitotoxicity: implications for preventive treatments of ischemic stroke and late-onset Alzheimer's disease

SP Yu, MQ Jiang, SS Shim, S Pourkhodadad… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Stroke and late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) are risk factors for each other; the
comorbidity of these brain disorders in aging individuals represents a significant challenge …

Neural complexity EEG biomarkers of rapid and post-rapid ketamine effects in late-life treatment-resistant depression: a randomized control trial

N Murphy, AJF Tamman, M Lijffijt, D Amarneh… - …, 2023 - nature.com
Ketamine is an effective intervention for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), including late-
in-life (LL-TRD). The proposed mechanism of antidepressant effects of ketamine is a …

Low‐dose ketamine improves animals' locomotor activity and decreases brain oxidative stress and inflammation in ammonia‐induced neurotoxicity

MM Ommati, A Mobasheri, H Niknahad… - … of Biochemical and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ammonium ion (NH4+) is the major suspected molecule responsible for
neurological complications of hepatic encephalopathy (HE). No specific pharmacological …

Translational control by ketamine and its implications for comorbid cognitive deficits in depressive disorders

V Lewis, B Rodrigue, E Arsenault… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ketamine has shown antidepressant effects in patients with major depressive disorder
(MDD) resistant to first‐line treatments and approved for use in this patient population …

(R,S)-ketamine and (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine differentially affect memory as a function of dosing frequency

LM Riggs, X An, EFR Pereira, TD Gould - Translational Psychiatry, 2021 - nature.com
A single subanesthetic infusion of ketamine can rapidly alleviate symptoms of treatment-
resistant major depression. Since repeated administration is required to sustain symptom …

The possible application of ketamine in the treatment of depression in Alzheimer's disease

I Mohammad Shehata, W Masood, N Nemr… - Neurology …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Depression is a leading cause of disability globally, with a prevalence of 3.8% among the
whole population, 5% of the adult population, and 5.7% of the elderly population over 60 …

Assessment of objective and subjective cognitive function in patients with treatment-resistant depression undergoing repeated ketamine infusions

JL Phillips, A Van Geel, P Burhunduli… - International Journal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Subanesthetic ketamine infusions can elicit rapid and sustained antidepressant
effects, yet the potential cognitive impact of ketamine has not been thoroughly examined …

Sex-and estrous-cycle dependent dorsal hippocampal phosphoproteomic changes induced by low-dose ketamine

SK Saland, K Wilczak, E Voss, TKT Lam, M Kabbaj - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Numerous emotional and cognitive processes mediated by the hippocampus present
differences between sexes and can be markedly influenced by hormonal status in males …

Key considerations for the use of ketamine and esketamine for the treatment of depression: focusing on administration, safety, and tolerability

MD Kritzer, CU Pae, PS Masand - Expert opinion on drug safety, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Racemic ketamine, a derivative of phencyclidine, has been used as a
dissociative anesthetic since 1970. In 2000, the first randomized controlled trial showed a …