2020
GABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine’s rapid antidepressant actions
Gerhard DM, Pothula S, Liu RJ, Wu M, Li XY, Girgenti MJ, Taylor SR, Duman CH, Delpire E, Picciotto M, Wohleb ES, Duman RS. GABA interneurons are the cellular trigger for ketamine’s rapid antidepressant actions. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2020, 130: 1336-1349. PMID: 31743111, PMCID: PMC7269589, DOI: 10.1172/jci130808.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid antidepressant actionsAntidepressant actionGABA interneuronsMedial prefrontal cortexCell-specific knockdownPrinciple neuronsPrefrontal cortexDeletion of GluN2BSingle subanesthetic doseBehavioral actionsAction of ketamineNMDA receptor antagonistExcitatory postsynaptic currentsCellular triggersMajor unmet needKetamine's rapid antidepressant actionsGABA subtypeGluN2B-NMDARsSST interneuronsPostsynaptic currentsReceptor antagonistDepressed patientsSubanesthetic doseExtracellular glutamateMood disorders
2011
Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Allele Impairs Basal and Ketamine-Stimulated Synaptogenesis in Prefrontal Cortex
Liu RJ, Lee FS, Li XY, Bambico F, Duman RS, Aghajanian GK. Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Val66Met Allele Impairs Basal and Ketamine-Stimulated Synaptogenesis in Prefrontal Cortex. Biological Psychiatry 2011, 71: 996-1005. PMID: 22036038, PMCID: PMC3290730, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.09.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorDendritesDepressive Disorder, MajorExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsKetamineMiceMice, TransgenicPatch-Clamp TechniquesPolymorphism, GeneticPrefrontal CortexPyramidal CellsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRNA, MessengerSynapsesConceptsBDNF messenger RNAMet miceVal/MetPrefrontal cortexSynaptic deficitsPyramidal cellsBrain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphismNeurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphismLayer V pyramidal cellsMet alleleDistal apical dendritesExcitatory postsynaptic currentsWhole-cell recordingsPFC pyramidal cellsBDNF Met alleleMet/MetTwo-photon laser scanningMessenger RNAAspartate antagonistAntidepressant actionAntidepressant responseSpine densityVal66Met polymorphismApical dendritesPostsynaptic currents