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A circuit mechanism for decision-making biases and NMDA receptor hypofunction
Cavanagh SE, Lam NH, Murray JD, Hunt LT, Kennerley SW. A circuit mechanism for decision-making biases and NMDA receptor hypofunction. ELife 2020, 9: e53664. PMID: 32988455, PMCID: PMC7524553, DOI: 10.7554/elife.53664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNMDA-R hypofunctionCortical excitation/inhibition balanceExcitation/inhibition balanceNMDA receptor hypofunctionNMDA receptor antagonismNMDA-R antagonist ketamineCircuit-level mechanismsPotential neural mechanismsNeuropsychiatric symptomsReceptor hypofunctionReceptor antagonismInhibition balanceExcitatory neuronsInhibitory neuronsPharmacological modelPharmacological manipulationNeuropsychiatric disordersCircuit mechanismsHypofunctionVariable evidenceNeural mechanismsKetamineNeuronsBehavioral psychophysicsPossible effects
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Ketamine induces multiple individually distinct whole-brain functional connectivity signatures
Moujaes F, Ji J, Rahmati M, Burt J, Schleifer C, Adkinson B, Savic A, Santamauro N, Tamayo Z, Diehl C, Kolobaric A, Flynn M, Rieser N, Fonteneau C, Camarro T, Xu J, Cho Y, Repovs G, Fineberg S, Morgan P, Seifritz E, Vollenweider F, Krystal J, Murray J, Preller K, Anticevic A. Ketamine induces multiple individually distinct whole-brain functional connectivity signatures. ELife 2024, 13: e84173. PMID: 38629811, PMCID: PMC11023699, DOI: 10.7554/elife.84173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResponse to ketamineAcute ketamineBehavioral effectsQuantified resting-state functional connectivityEffects of acute ketamineSymptom variationResting-state functional connectivityTreatment-resistant depressionFunctional connectivity signaturesGlobal brain connectivitySingle-subject levelInter-individual variabilityPlacebo-controlled studyFunctional connectivityConnectivity signaturesBrain connectivityHealthy participantsSingle-blind placebo-controlled studyNeural variationsTreatment conditionsKetamineGene expression targetsPharmacological biomarkersPilot awardParvalbumin