2014
Ketamine and Rapid-Acting Antidepressants: A Window into a New Neurobiology for Mood Disorder Therapeutics
Abdallah CG, Sanacora G, Duman RS, Krystal JH. Ketamine and Rapid-Acting Antidepressants: A Window into a New Neurobiology for Mood Disorder Therapeutics. Annual Review Of Medicine 2014, 66: 1-15. PMID: 25341010, PMCID: PMC4428310, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-053013-062946.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRapid antidepressant effectsAntidepressant effectsGlutamate-based antidepressantsTolerability of ketamineRapid-acting antidepressantsTreatment-resistant depressionNeurobiology of depressionPotent antidepressant effectsRapid acting antidepressantsBiology of depressionPotential treatment targetHours of treatmentTreatment targetsKetamineAntidepressantsBiomarker studiesDepressionNeurobiologyTolerability
2012
Capturing the Angel in “Angel Dust”: Twenty Years of Translational Neuroscience Studies of NMDA Receptor Antagonists in Animals and Humans
Moghaddam B, Krystal JH. Capturing the Angel in “Angel Dust”: Twenty Years of Translational Neuroscience Studies of NMDA Receptor Antagonists in Animals and Humans. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2012, 38: 942-949. PMID: 22899397, PMCID: PMC3446228, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs075.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric RegulationAnimalsAntipsychotic AgentsBrief Psychiatric Rating ScaleCerebral CortexDisease Models, AnimalDopamineEmotionsGlutamic AcidHumansKetamineNeurosciencesPhencyclidinePsychoses, Substance-InducedReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Receptors, Dopamine D2Receptors, Metabotropic GlutamateReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSchizophreniaSynapsesTranslational Research, BiomedicalConceptsNMDA receptor antagonistReceptor antagonistDopamine hypothesisN-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonistGlutamate synaptic functionTranslational neuroscience studiesTreatment of schizophreniaPathophysiology of schizophreniaPotential treatment targetPotential new targetsDopamine antagonistsCortical functionAnimal studiesTreatment targetsClinical testingSynaptic functionAntagonistTranslational toolSchizophreniaTranslational research fundingTranslational researchPotential mechanismsNew targetsAngel dustSystems neuroscience
2005
Preliminary evidence for medication effects on functional abnormalities in the amygdala and anterior cingulate in bipolar disorder
Blumberg HP, Donegan NH, Sanislow CA, Collins S, Lacadie C, Skudlarski P, Gueorguieva R, Fulbright RK, McGlashan TH, Gore JC, Krystal JH. Preliminary evidence for medication effects on functional abnormalities in the amygdala and anterior cingulate in bipolar disorder. Psychopharmacology 2005, 183: 308-313. PMID: 16249909, DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-0156-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUnmedicated bipolar disorderMood-stabilizing medicationsBipolar disorderBD participantsPotential treatment targetMagnetic resonance imagingPreliminary evidenceMethodsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingAnterior cingulate activationResultsThe groupMedication effectsFunctional abnormalitiesHealthy comparison participantsObjectivesThe aimAnterior cingulateTreatment targetsResonance imagingMedicationsHC participantsAmygdala activationCingulate activationAmygdala increasesComparison participantsEmotional stimuliAbnormalities