Molecular mechanisms underlying the antidepressant actions of arketamine: beyond the NMDA receptor

Y Wei, L Chang, K Hashimoto - Molecular Psychiatry, 2022 - nature.com
The discovery of robust antidepressant actions exerted by the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
(NMDAR) antagonist (R, S)-ketamine has been a crucial breakthrough in mood disorder …

Ketamine and its metabolites: Potential as novel treatments for depression

K Zhang, Y Yao, K Hashimoto - Neuropharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
Depression is a well-known serious mental illness, and the onset of treatment using
traditional antidepressants is frequently delayed by several weeks. Moreover, numerous …

The antidepressant actions of ketamine and its enantiomers

JN Johnston, ID Henter, CA Zarate Jr - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2023 - Elsevier
Ketamine, an N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist first developed as an
anesthetic, has shown significant promise as a medication with rapid antidepressant …

Ketamine as an antidepressant: overview of its mechanisms of action and potential predictive biomarkers

D Matveychuk, RK Thomas… - Therapeutic …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Ketamine, a drug introduced in the 1960s as an anesthetic agent and still used for that
purpose, has garnered marked interest over the past two decades as an emerging treatment …

Arketamine for cognitive impairment in psychiatric disorders

K Hashimoto - European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Cognitive impairment has been observed in patients with various psychiatric disorders,
including schizophrenia, major depressive disorder (MDD), and bipolar disorder (BD) …

[HTML][HTML] (R)-ketamine as prophylactic and therapeutic drug for neurological disorders: beyond depression

X Wang, J Yang, K Hashimoto - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Neurological disorders are the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of
death worldwide. The increasing social and economic burdens of neurological disorders are …

Nuclear factor of activated T cells 4 in the prefrontal cortex is required for prophylactic actions of (R)-ketamine

L Ma, J Zhang, Y Fujita, Y Qu, J Shan, X Wan… - Translational …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract (R, S)-ketamine has prophylactic antidepressant-like effects in rodents; however,
the precise molecular mechanisms underlying its action remain unknown. Using RNA …

(R)-ketamine ameliorates demyelination and facilitates remyelination in cuprizone-treated mice: a role of gut–microbiota–brain axis

X Wang, L Chang, X Wan, Y Tan, Y Qu, J Shan… - Neurobiology Of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common demyelinating disease that attacks the central
nervous system. We recently reported that the new antidepressant (R)-ketamine could …

The therapeutic role of ketamine and esketamine in treating psychopathological domains of depression

MY Jawad, JD Di Vincenzo, S Badulescu, KM Teopiz… - …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past two decades, ketamine has emerged as a novel effective and rapid-acting
antidepressant. While the vast majority of studies on ketamine have focused on its ability to …

The effectiveness of (R)-ketamine and its mechanism of action differ from those of (S)-ketamine in a chronic unpredictable mild stress model of depression in C57BL …

A Rafało-Ulińska, A Pałucha-Poniewiera - Behavioural Brain Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract (S)-ketamine has been approved as a rapid-acting antidepressant drug (RAAD).
Although ketamine has an advantage over classic antidepressants (ADs) due to its rapid …