[HTML][HTML] Neural mechanisms underlying the rewarding and therapeutic effects of ketamine as a treatment for alcohol use disorder

CE Strong, M Kabbaj - Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most prevalent substance use disorder and causes a
significant global burden. Relapse rates remain incredibly high after decades of attempting …

Therapeutic potential of ketamine for alcohol use disorder

SD Worrell, TJ Gould - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Excessive alcohol consumption is involved in 1/10 of deaths of US working-age adults and
costs the country around $250,000,000 yearly. While Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) pathology …

Sex and individual differences in alcohol intake are associated with differences in ketamine self-administration behaviors and nucleus accumbens dendritic spine …

CE Strong, KN Wright, M Kabbaj - ENeuro, 2019 - eneuro.org
Clinical and preclinical studies have shown that ketamine, an NMDA receptor antagonist,
has promising therapeutic value for the treatment of alcohol use disorder (AUD). However …

[HTML][HTML] The therapeutic use and efficacy of ketamine in alcohol use disorder and alcohol withdrawal syndrome: a scoping review

CE Goldfine, JJ Tom, DD Im, B Yudkoff, A Anand… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most prevalent substance use disorder (SUD)
globally. In 2019, AUD affected 14.5 million Americans and contributed to 95,000 deaths …

[HTML][HTML] Ketamine treatment for alcohol use disorder: a systematic review

M Kelson, JM Burnett, A Matthews, T Juneja - Cureus, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a chronic, recurrent condition that demonstrates significant
heterogeneity in treatment response to first-line agents. Ketamine may have a therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] A proof-of-concept investigation into ketamine as a pharmacological treatment for alcohol dependence: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

A McAndrew, W Lawn, T Stevens, L Porffy, B Brandner… - Trials, 2017 - Springer
Background Worldwide, alcohol abuse is a burgeoning problem. Abstinence is key to allow
recovery of physical and mental health as well as quality of life, but treatment for alcohol …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of ketamine in the treatment of substance use disorders: a systematic review

JL Jones, CF Mateus, SE Back - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Despite advances in behavioral and pharmacotherapy interventions,
substance use disorders (SUDs) are frequently refractory to treatment. Glutamatergic …

Ketamine for the treatment of addiction: evidence and potential mechanisms

II Ezquerra-Romano, W Lawn, E Krupitsky… - …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ketamine is a dissociative anaesthetic drug which acts on the central nervous system chiefly
through antagonism of the n-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor. Recently, ketamine has …

The interactive effects of ketamine and ethanol on dopamine expression in the ventral tegmental area of rats

ZB Zhang, TY Xu, DY You, S Yi, Q Liu… - Neuropsychiatric …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background A number of studies have demonstrated the significant and rapid
antidepressant effects of ketamine, which is also known as a neurotoxic and illicit drug …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy of ketamine intervention to decrease alcohol use, cravings, and withdrawal symptoms in adults with problematic alcohol use or alcohol use disorder …

N Garel, C McAnulty, KT Greenway… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Alcohol use disorder is highly prevalent and has important economical,
societal, psychiatric, and medical consequences. All currently approved therapeutic …