2017
Ketamine and Sleep: Bridging the Gap in the Treatment of Depressive Illness
Morgan PT. Ketamine and Sleep: Bridging the Gap in the Treatment of Depressive Illness. Biological Psychiatry 2017, 82: 309-311. PMID: 28781004, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.07.005.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Ketamine-Induced Hallucinations
Powers A, Gancsos MG, Finn ES, Morgan PT, Corlett PR. Ketamine-Induced Hallucinations. Psychopathology 2015, 48: 376-385. PMID: 26361209, PMCID: PMC4684980, DOI: 10.1159/000438675.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAuditory verbal hallucinationsPerceptual inputVerbal hallucinationsPredictive coding modelDelusion-like ideasPerceptual disruptionsPerceptual expectationsPerceptual environmentCoding modelPhenomenological experienceSensory stimuliStimulation environmentAuditory hallucinationsHealthy participantsHallmark symptomFirst-episode psychosisMusical hallucinationsMRI scannerHallucinationsParticipantsMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scannerPsychosisAmotivationPerceptVivid hallucinations
2014
N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antagonist Effects on Prefrontal Cortical Connectivity Better Model Early Than Chronic Schizophrenia
Anticevic A, Corlett PR, Cole MW, Savic A, Gancsos M, Tang Y, Repovs G, Murray JD, Driesen NR, Morgan PT, Xu K, Wang F, Krystal JH. N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Antagonist Effects on Prefrontal Cortical Connectivity Better Model Early Than Chronic Schizophrenia. Biological Psychiatry 2014, 77: 569-580. PMID: 25281999, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.07.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy volunteersFunctional connectivityKetamine effectsChronic schizophreniaIllness progressionChronic illnessHigh riskRecent pharmacologic studiesReceptor antagonist effectsAspartate glutamate receptorsStages of schizophreniaCourse of schizophreniaGlutamate dysfunctionPharmacologic modelsPrefrontal cortex functionIllness stageNMDAR antagonistsFunctional dysconnectivityGlutamate receptorsPharmacologic studiesHealthy subjectsSchizophrenia onsetFunctional alterationsDevelopment of therapeuticsAntagonist effects
2013
The Impact of NMDA Receptor Blockade on Human Working Memory-Related Prefrontal Function and Connectivity
Driesen NR, McCarthy G, Bhagwagar Z, Bloch MH, Calhoun VD, D'Souza DC, Gueorguieva R, He G, Leung HC, Ramani R, Anticevic A, Suckow RF, Morgan PT, Krystal JH. The Impact of NMDA Receptor Blockade on Human Working Memory-Related Prefrontal Function and Connectivity. Neuropsychopharmacology 2013, 38: 2613-2622. PMID: 23856634, PMCID: PMC3828532, DOI: 10.1038/npp.2013.170.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNMDA-RsRelationship of resting brain hyperconnectivity and schizophrenia-like symptoms produced by the NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine in humans
Driesen NR, McCarthy G, Bhagwagar Z, Bloch M, Calhoun V, D'Souza DC, Gueorguieva R, He G, Ramachandran R, Suckow RF, Anticevic A, Morgan PT, Krystal JH. Relationship of resting brain hyperconnectivity and schizophrenia-like symptoms produced by the NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine in humans. Molecular Psychiatry 2013, 18: 1199-1204. PMID: 23337947, PMCID: PMC3646075, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional connectivityNegative symptomsGamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) neuronsNMDA receptor antagonist ketamineAspartate glutamate receptor antagonistContinuous ketamine infusionGlutamate receptor antagonistsNMDA-R antagonistsCortical functional connectivityNMDA-R antagonist ketamineSchizophrenia-like symptomsHealthy human subjectsNegative Syndrome ScaleBrain functional connectivityPrimary samplesRegion-specific mannerFunctional magnetic resonanceKetamine infusionReceptor antagonistPathological increaseSyndrome ScaleSymptomsPreclinical researchKetamineBrain oscillations
2012
NMDA receptor function in large-scale anticorrelated neural systems with implications for cognition and schizophrenia
Anticevic A, Gancsos M, Murray JD, Repovs G, Driesen NR, Ennis DJ, Niciu MJ, Morgan PT, Surti TS, Bloch MH, Ramani R, Smith MA, Wang XJ, Krystal JH, Corlett PR. NMDA receptor function in large-scale anticorrelated neural systems with implications for cognition and schizophrenia. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 16720-16725. PMID: 23012427, PMCID: PMC3478611, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208494109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAlgorithmsBrainCognitionDouble-Blind MethodExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleHumansInfusions, IntravenousKetamineMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMemoryModels, NeurologicalPattern Recognition, VisualPsychomotor PerformanceReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSchizophreniaSynaptic TransmissionYoung AdultConceptsNeural systemsLarge-scale brain systemsTask-dependent activationN-methyl-D-aspartate receptorsRealistic computational modelingSevere neuropsychiatric illnessNMDA glutamate receptor antagonistGlutamate receptor antagonistsBrain systemsNMDA receptor functionTask performanceMultiple interacting regionsCognitionCortical disinhibitionGlutamatergic neurotransmissionReceptor antagonistCortical computationGlutamate's roleReciprocal relationshipNeuropsychiatric illnessLocal circuitsReceptor functionSchizophreniaPresent findingsComputational modeling