Muscle metabolism and atrophy: let's talk about sex

ME Rosa-Caldwell, NP Greene - Biology of sex differences, 2019 - Springer
Skeletal muscle health is a strong predictor of overall health and longevity. Pathologies
affecting skeletal muscle such as cancer cachexia, intensive care unit treatment, muscular …

Harnessing psilocybin: antidepressant-like behavioral and synaptic actions of psilocybin are independent of 5-HT2R activation in mice

N Hesselgrave, TA Troppoli, AB Wulff… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Depression is a widespread and devastating mental illness and the search for rapid-acting
antidepressants remains critical. There is now exciting evidence that the psychedelic …

Sex differences in the behavioral, molecular, and structural effects of ketamine treatment in depression

E Ponton, G Turecki, C Nagy - International Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common psychiatric illness that manifests in sex-
influenced ways. Men and women may experience depression differently and also respond …

Minimal influence of estrous cycle on studies of female mouse behaviors

PY Zeng, YH Tsai, CL Lee, YK Ma… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Sex bias has been an issue in many biomedical fields, especially in
neuroscience. In rodent research, many scientists only focused on male animals due to the …

Inflaming sex differences in mood disorders

JR Rainville, GE Hodes - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2019 - nature.com
Men and women often experience different symptoms or rates of occurrence for a variety of
mood disorders. Many of the symptoms of mood disorders overlap with autoimmune …

Antidepressant effects of ketamine on depression-related phenotypes and dopamine dysfunction in rodent models of stress

M Rincón-Cortés, AA Grace - Behavioural brain research, 2020 - Elsevier
Depression, the most prevalent psychiatric disorder, is characterized by increased negative
affect (ie depressed mood) and reduced positive affect (ie anhedonia). Stress is a risk factor …

Ketamine's rapid antidepressant effects are mediated by Ca2+-permeable AMPA receptors

A Zaytseva, E Bouckova, MKJ Wiles, MH Wustrau… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Ketamine is shown to enhance excitatory synaptic drive in multiple brain areas, which is
presumed to underlie its rapid antidepressant effects. Moreover, ketamine's therapeutic …

Depression treatment response to ketamine: sex-specific role of interleukin-8, but not other inflammatory markers

JL Kruse, MM Vasavada, R Olmstead… - Translational …, 2021 - nature.com
Inflammation plays a role in depression pathophysiology and treatment response, with
effects varying by sex and therapeutic modality. Lower levels of interleukin (IL)-8 predict …

Comparison of inflammatory and behavioral responses to chronic stress in female and male mice

EM Medina-Rodriguez, KC Rice, RS Jope… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a debilitating disease with a high worldwide prevalence.
Despite its greater prevalence in women, male animals are used in most preclinical studies …

[HTML][HTML] On the safety of repeated ketamine infusions for the treatment of depression: effects of sex and developmental periods

CE Strong, M Kabbaj - Neurobiology of stress, 2018 - Elsevier
In this review, we will discuss the safety of repeated treatments with ketamine for patients
with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), a condition in which patients with major …