Synthesizing the evidence for ketamine and esketamine in treatment-resistant depression: an international expert opinion on the available evidence and …

RS McIntyre, JD Rosenblat… - American Journal of …, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Replicated international studies have underscored the human and societal costs associated
with major depressive disorder. Despite the proven efficacy of monoamine-based …

Prefrontal cortex and depression

DA Pizzagalli, AC Roberts - Neuropsychopharmacology, 2022 - nature.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has emerged as one of the regions most consistently impaired in
major depressive disorder (MDD). Although functional and structural PFC abnormalities …

New and emerging approaches to treat psychiatric disorders

KW Scangos, MW State, AH Miller, JT Baker… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent, often devastating diseases that negatively impact
the lives of millions of people worldwide. Although their etiological and diagnostic …

Toward a better understanding of the mechanisms and pathophysiology of anhedonia: are we ready for translation?

DA Pizzagalli - American Journal of Psychiatry, 2022 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Anhedonia—the loss of pleasure or lack of reactivity to pleasurable stimuli—remains a
formidable treatment challenge across neuropsychiatric disorders. In major depressive …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in resting state fMRI acquisitions for functional connectomics

L Raimondo, J Heij, N Priovoulos, P Kundu, RF Leoni… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI) is based on spontaneous
fluctuations in the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal, which occur simultaneously …

Anhedonia as a central factor in depression: Neural mechanisms revealed from preclinical to clinical evidence

S Wang, F Leri, SJ Rizvi - Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anhedonia is one of the core symptoms of major depressive disorder (MDD), which is often
inadequately treated by traditional antidepressants. The modern framework of anhedonia …

Ketamine—50 years in use: from anesthesia to rapid antidepressant effects and neurobiological mechanisms

S Kohtala - Pharmacological Reports, 2021 - Springer
Over the past 50 years, ketamine has solidified its position in both human and veterinary
medicine as an important anesthetic with many uses. More recently, ketamine has been …

S-ketamine as an adjuvant in patient-controlled intravenous analgesia for preventing postpartum depression: a randomized controlled trial

Y Han, P Li, M Miao, Y Tao, X Kang, J Zhang - BMC anesthesiology, 2022 - Springer
Background Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common complication of cesarean section. S-
ketamine given intravenously during surgery can help prevent PPD. However, whether S …

Functional contribution of the medial prefrontal circuitry in major depressive disorder and stress-induced depressive-like behaviors

TP Bittar, B Labonté - Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite decades of research on the neurobiology of major depressive disorder (MDD), the
mechanisms underlying its expression remain unknown. The medial prefrontal cortex …

The Aversive Lens: Stress effects on the prefrontal-cingulate cortical pathways that regulate emotion

AFT Arnsten, MKP Joyce, AC Roberts - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract ARNSTEN, AFT, MKP Joyce and AC Roberts. The Aversive Lens: Stress effects on
the prefrontal-cingulate cortical pathways that regulate emotion. NEUROSCI BIOBEHAV …