| Literature DB >> 26854424 |
Danielle M Gerhard1, Eric S Wohleb2, Ronald S Duman3.
Abstract
Major depression is a chronic and debilitating illness that effects approximately 1 in 5 people, but currently available treatments are limited by low rates of efficacy, therapeutic time lag, and undesirable side effects. Recent efforts have been directed towards investigating rapid-acting agents that reverse the behavioral and neuronal deficits of chronic stress and depression, notably the glutamate NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine. The cellular mechanisms underlying the rapid antidepressant actions of ketamine and related agents are discussed, as well as novel, selective glutamatergic receptor targets that are safer and have fewer side effects.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26854424 PMCID: PMC4803609 DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2016.01.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Drug Discov Today ISSN: 1359-6446 Impact factor: 7.851