[HTML][HTML] Subanesthetic ketamine reactivates adult cortical plasticity to restore vision from amblyopia

SF Grieco, X Qiao, X Zheng, Y Liu, L Chen, H Zhang… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
Subanesthetic ketamine evokes rapid and long-lasting antidepressant effects in human
patients. The mechanism for ketamine's effects remains elusive, but ketamine may broadly …

Ketamine and its metabolite 2R,6R‐hydroxynorketamine promote ocular dominance plasticity and release tropomyosin‐related kinase B from inhibitory control …

C Cannarozzo, A Rubiolo, P Casarotto… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ketamine has been described as a fast‐acting antidepressant, exerting effects in depressed
patients and in preclinical models with a rapid onset of action. The typical antidepressant …

[HTML][HTML] Neuregulin signaling mediates the acute and sustained antidepressant effects of subanesthetic ketamine

SF Grieco, X Qiao, KG Johnston, L Chen… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Subanesthetic ketamine evokes rapid antidepressant effects in human patients that persist
long past ketamine's chemical half-life of~ 2 h. Ketamine's sustained antidepressant action …

Amblyopia: new molecular/pharmacological and environmental approaches

MP Stryker, S Löwel - Visual neuroscience, 2018 - cambridge.org
Emerging technologies are now giving us unprecedented access to manipulate brain
circuits, shedding new light on treatments for amblyopia. This research is identifying key …

Ketamine enhances visual sensory evoked potential long-term potentiation in patients with major depressive disorder

RL Sumner, R McMillan, MJ Spriggs… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The rapid-acting clinical effects of ketamine as a novel treatment for depression
along with its complex pharmacology have made it a growing research area. One of the key …

Neuregulin directed molecular mechanisms of visual cortical plasticity

SF Grieco, TC Holmes, X Xu - Journal of Comparative …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Experience‐dependent critical period (CP) plasticity has been extensively studied in the
visual cortex. Monocular deprivation during the CP affects ocular dominance, limits visual …

[HTML][HTML] New perspectives in amblyopia therapy on adults: a critical role for the excitatory/inhibitory balance

L Baroncelli, L Maffei, A Sale - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Amblyopia is the most common form of impairment of visual function affecting one eye, with
a prevalence of about 1–5% of the total world population. This pathology is caused by early …

Amblyopia: background to the special issue on stroke recovery

D Maurer, TK Hensch - Developmental psychobiology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this introductory article, we summarize the evidence from humans and animal models on
the shaping of postnatal visual development by focused binocular input. When balanced …

Critical periods in cortical development

TK Hensch - The neurobiology of brain and behavioral development, 2018 - Elsevier
Defined windows in development exist when neural circuitry can be robustly restructured in
response to experience. These time-limited critical periods are shown across many brain …

Harnessing brain plasticity to improve binocular vision in amblyopia: An evidence-based update

B Thompson, M Concetta Morrone… - European Journal …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Amblyopia is a developmental visual disorder resulting from atypical binocular experience in
early childhood that leads to abnormal visual cortex development and vision impairment …