2017
Metabotropic Glutamatergic Receptor 5 and Stress Disorders: Knowledge Gained From Receptor Imaging Studies
Esterlis I, Holmes SE, Sharma P, Krystal JH, DeLorenzo C. Metabotropic Glutamatergic Receptor 5 and Stress Disorders: Knowledge Gained From Receptor Imaging Studies. Biological Psychiatry 2017, 84: 95-105. PMID: 29100629, PMCID: PMC5858955, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2017.08.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderPositron emission tomography studyEmission tomography studiesMGluR5 modulationAntidepressant responseStress disorderBipolar disorderStress-related psychiatric disordersTomography studyAntagonism of mGluR5Ketamine’s antidepressant responseSignificant side effectsPromising therapeutic targetReceptor imaging studiesPosttraumatic stress disorderMDD heterogeneityManic mood statesAntidepressant efficacyObsessive-compulsive disorderDepressive disorderSubtype 5Neurotransmitter systemsPsychiatric disordersReceptor 5Side effects
2016
Glutamate dysregulation and glutamatergic therapeutics for PTSD: Evidence from human studies
Averill LA, Purohit P, Averill CL, Boesl MA, Krystal JH, Abdallah CG. Glutamate dysregulation and glutamatergic therapeutics for PTSD: Evidence from human studies. Neuroscience Letters 2016, 649: 147-155. PMID: 27916636, PMCID: PMC5482215, DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.11.064.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderPsychiatric disordersStress-related psychiatric disordersAlternative pharmacologic treatmentsPutative neurobiological underpinningsGlutamate-modulating agentsTrauma-related disordersGlutamatergic abnormalitiesGlutamate dysregulationPharmacologic treatmentPharmacologic interventionsGlutamatergic functionGlutamate neurotransmissionMillions of individualsHuman studiesCardinal featuresStress disorderDisordersNeurobiological underpinningsRelated future directionsEvidenceChronicDysfunctionNeurotransmissionSubject data