Differences in Quantification of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Across Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder
Holmes S, Asch R, Davis M, DellaGioia N, Pashankar N, Gallezot J, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Sanacora G, Carson R, Blumberg H, Esterlis I. Differences in Quantification of the Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5 Across Bipolar Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2022, 93: 1099-1107. PMID: 36764853, PMCID: PMC10164841, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderMetabotropic glutamate receptor 5Glutamate receptor 5MGluR5 availabilityBipolar disorderPositron emission tomographyHC groupDepressive disorderReceptor 5Emission tomographyHealthy control individualsPossible treatment targetsGlutamate transmissionBD depressionTreatment strategiesBD groupMGluR5Depressive symptomsNovel treatmentsCognitive alterationsTreatment targetsSynaptic plasticityControl individualsAccurate diagnosisSignificant negative correlationMultimodal neuroimaging of metabotropic glutamate 5 receptors and functional connectivity in alcohol use disorder
Smart K, Worhunsky PD, Scheinost D, Angarita GA, Esterlis I, Carson RE, Krystal JH, O'Malley SS, Cosgrove KP, Hillmer AT. Multimodal neuroimaging of metabotropic glutamate 5 receptors and functional connectivity in alcohol use disorder. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 2022, 46: 770-782. PMID: 35342968, PMCID: PMC9117461, DOI: 10.1111/acer.14816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMetabotropic glutamate 5 receptorsDefault mode networkFunctional magnetic resonance imagingReceptor availabilityPositron emission tomographyAUD groupFunctional connectivityReceptor positron emission tomographyResting-state functional magnetic resonance imagingNetwork-level functional connectivityBrain connectivityWeeks of abstinenceGlobal functional connectivityAlcohol use disorderMagnetic resonance imagingFMRI outcomesHealthy controlsSupervised abstinencePET resultsUse disordersSynaptic plasticityResonance imagingBrain regionsEmission tomographyOrbitofrontal cortex