2022
Imaging the effect of ketamine on synaptic density (SV2A) in the living brain
Holmes SE, Finnema SJ, Naganawa M, DellaGioia N, Holden D, Fowles K, Davis M, Ropchan J, Emory P, Ye Y, Nabulsi N, Matuskey D, Angarita GA, Pietrzak RH, Duman RS, Sanacora G, Krystal JH, Carson RE, Esterlis I. Imaging the effect of ketamine on synaptic density (SV2A) in the living brain. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 2273-2281. PMID: 35165397, PMCID: PMC9133063, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01465-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKetamine's therapeutic effectsMajor depressive disorderTherapeutic effectPositron emission tomographyPosttraumatic stress disorderHealthy controlsSynaptic connectionsSynaptic vesicle protein 2APost-synaptic mechanismsEffects of ketamineDiscovery of ketamineNon-human primatesAntidepressant effectsDepressive disorderSingle administrationSynaptic densityPsychiatric disordersDepression severityKetamineEmission tomographyTerminal densityLiving brainStress disorderRobust reductionDissociative symptoms
2017
Ketamine-induced reduction in mGluR5 availability is associated with an antidepressant response: an [11C]ABP688 and PET imaging study in depression
Esterlis I, DellaGioia N, Pietrzak RH, Matuskey D, Nabulsi N, Abdallah CG, Yang J, Pittenger C, Sanacora G, Krystal JH, Parsey RV, Carson RE, DeLorenzo C. Ketamine-induced reduction in mGluR5 availability is associated with an antidepressant response: an [11C]ABP688 and PET imaging study in depression. Molecular Psychiatry 2017, 23: 824-832. PMID: 28397841, PMCID: PMC5636649, DOI: 10.1038/mp.2017.58.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive disorderMGluR5 availabilityPositron emission tomographyKetamine administrationControl groupAspartate glutamate receptor antagonistIntravenous ketamine administrationKetamine-induced reductionMetabotropic glutamatergic receptorsRapid antidepressant effectsGlutamate receptor antagonistsKetamine-induced changesEffects of ketaminePET imaging studiesMechanism of actionGlutamate surgeAntidepressant effectsAntidepressant efficacyAntidepressant responseGlutamatergic receptorsControl subjectsReceptor antagonistHealthy controlsDepressive disorderSustained decrease