Synaptic potentiation and rapid antidepressant response to ketamine in treatment-resistant major depression: A replication study

Dec 15, 2018Psychiatry research. Neuroimaging

Stronger brain connections linked to fast antidepressant effects of ketamine in hard-to-treat depression: A replication study

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Abstract

A significant difference in peak gamma power was observed between depressed ketamine responders and non-responders.

  • Ketamine has been shown to have rapid antidepressant effects in both preclinical and clinical studies.
  • Enhancing AMPA throughput may be crucial to the effects of ketamine, as indicated by studies using AMPA inhibitors.
  • Increased gamma response to a somatosensory stimulus was measured at 230 minutes and Day 1 in ketamine responders compared to non-responders.
  • Findings from 31 depressed subjects and 25 healthy controls support the idea that AMPA throughput is involved in ketamine's antidepressant mechanism.

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