Novel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review

The serendipitous discovery of ketamine’s antidepressant effects represents one of the major landmarks in neuropsychopharmacological research of the last 50 years. Ketamine provides an exciting challenge to traditional concepts of antidepressant drug therapy, producing rapid antidepressant effects s...

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Autores principales: Michael Colla, Hanne Scheerer, Steffi Weidt, Erich Seifritz, Golo Kronenberg
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c092f7b28ea94208a4a9a04231bffbee2021-12-03T15:59:08ZNovel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review1662-515310.3389/fnbeh.2021.759466https://doaj.org/article/c092f7b28ea94208a4a9a04231bffbee2021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbeh.2021.759466/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1662-5153The serendipitous discovery of ketamine’s antidepressant effects represents one of the major landmarks in neuropsychopharmacological research of the last 50 years. Ketamine provides an exciting challenge to traditional concepts of antidepressant drug therapy, producing rapid antidepressant effects seemingly without targeting monoaminergic pathways in the conventional way. In consequence, the advent of ketamine has spawned a plethora of neurobiological research into its putative mechanisms. Here, we provide a brief overview of current theories of antidepressant drug action including monoaminergic signaling, disinhibition of glutamatergic neurotransmission, neurotrophic and neuroplastic effects, and how these might relate to ketamine. Given that research into ketamine has not yet yielded new therapies beyond ketamine itself, current knowledge gaps and limitations of available studies are also discussed.Michael CollaHanne ScheererSteffi WeidtErich SeifritzGolo KronenbergFrontiers Media S.A.articledepressionantidepressanttreatment-resistant depressionketamineBDNFneurogenesisNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571ENFrontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, Vol 15 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic depression
antidepressant
treatment-resistant depression
ketamine
BDNF
neurogenesis
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
spellingShingle depression
antidepressant
treatment-resistant depression
ketamine
BDNF
neurogenesis
Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Michael Colla
Hanne Scheerer
Steffi Weidt
Erich Seifritz
Golo Kronenberg
Novel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review
description The serendipitous discovery of ketamine’s antidepressant effects represents one of the major landmarks in neuropsychopharmacological research of the last 50 years. Ketamine provides an exciting challenge to traditional concepts of antidepressant drug therapy, producing rapid antidepressant effects seemingly without targeting monoaminergic pathways in the conventional way. In consequence, the advent of ketamine has spawned a plethora of neurobiological research into its putative mechanisms. Here, we provide a brief overview of current theories of antidepressant drug action including monoaminergic signaling, disinhibition of glutamatergic neurotransmission, neurotrophic and neuroplastic effects, and how these might relate to ketamine. Given that research into ketamine has not yet yielded new therapies beyond ketamine itself, current knowledge gaps and limitations of available studies are also discussed.
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Hanne Scheerer
Steffi Weidt
Erich Seifritz
Golo Kronenberg
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title Novel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review
title_short Novel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review
title_full Novel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review
title_fullStr Novel Insights Into the Neurobiology of the Antidepressant Response From Ketamine Research: A Mini Review
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title_sort novel insights into the neurobiology of the antidepressant response from ketamine research: a mini review
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