Targeting glutamate signalling in depression: progress and prospects

JW Murrough, CG Abdallah, SJ Mathew - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2017 - nature.com
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is severely disabling, and current treatments have limited
efficacy. The glutamate N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist ketamine was …

Linking inflammation, aberrant glutamate-dopamine interaction, and post-synaptic changes: translational relevance for schizophrenia and antipsychotic treatment: a …

A de Bartolomeis, A Barone, L Vellucci, B Mazza… - Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
Evidence from clinical, preclinical, and post-mortem studies supports the
inflammatory/immune hypothesis of schizophrenia pathogenesis. Less evident is the link …

Ketamine and other NMDA antagonists: early clinical trials and possible mechanisms in depression

DJ Newport, LL Carpenter… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: The authors conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of ketamine and
other N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists in the treatment of major …

Application of targeted mass spectrometry in bottom-up proteomics for systems biology research

NP Manes, A Nita-Lazar - Journal of proteomics, 2018 - Elsevier
The enormous diversity of proteoforms produces tremendous complexity within cellular
proteomes, facilitates intricate networks of molecular interactions, and constitutes a …

Ketamine modulates hippocampal neurogenesis and pro-inflammatory cytokines but not stressor induced neurochemical changes

M Clarke, S Razmjou, N Prowse, Z Dwyer… - …, 2017 - Elsevier
Considerable recent attention has focused on the rapid antidepressant effects observed in
treatment resistant patients produced by the NMDA receptor antagonist, ketamine …

Disturbed macro-connectivity in schizophrenia linked to oligodendrocyte dysfunction: from structural findings to molecules

JS Cassoli, PC Guest, B Malchow, A Schmitt… - npj …, 2015 - nature.com
Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with multi-factorial characteristics. A number
of findings have shown disrupted synaptic connectivity in schizophrenia patients and …

Astrocyte specific remodeling of plasmalemmal cholesterol composition by ketamine indicates a new mechanism of antidepressant action

E Lasič, M Lisjak, A Horvat, M Božić, A Šakanović… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Ketamine is an antidepressant with rapid therapeutic onset and long-lasting effect, although
the underlying mechanism (s) remain unknown. Using FRET-based nanosensors we found …

Ketamine inhibits ATP-evoked exocytotic release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor from vesicles in cultured rat astrocytes

M Stenovec, E Lasič, M Božić, ST Bobnar… - Molecular …, 2016 - Springer
In the brain, astrocytes signal to neighboring cells via regulated exocytotic release of
gliosignaling molecules, such as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). Recent studies …

Changes in synaptic markers after administration of ketamine or psychedelics: a systematic scoping review

S Zhornitsky, HNP Oliva, LA Jayne, ASA Allsop… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Ketamine and psychedelics have abuse liability. They can also induce
“transformative experiences” where individuals experience enhanced states of awareness …

The many “Neurofaces” of Prohibitins 1 and 2: Crucial for the Healthy Brain, Dysregulated in Numerous Brain Disorders

HG Bernstein, KH Smalla, G Keilhoff… - Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Prohibitin 1 (PHB1) and prohibitin 2 (PHB2) are proteins that are nearly
ubiquitously expressed. They are localized in mitochondria, cytosol and cell nuclei. In the …