The current state of peptide drug discovery: back to the future?

A Henninot, JC Collins, JM Nuss - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, peptide drug discovery has experienced a revival of interest and
scientific momentum, as the pharmaceutical industry has come to appreciate the role that …

Mechanisms of ketamine action as an antidepressant

P Zanos, TD Gould - Molecular psychiatry, 2018 - nature.com
Clinical studies have demonstrated that a single sub-anesthetic dose of the dissociative
anesthetic ketamine induces rapid and sustained antidepressant actions. Although this …

Altered connectivity in depression: GABA and glutamate neurotransmitter deficits and reversal by novel treatments

RS Duman, G Sanacora, JH Krystal - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The mechanisms underlying the pathophysiology and treatment of depression and stress-
related disorders remain unclear, but studies in depressed patients and rodent models are …

Neuroplasticity in cognitive and psychological mechanisms of depression: an integrative model

RB Price, R Duman - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
Chronic stress and depressive-like behaviors in basic neuroscience research have been
associated with impairments of neuroplasticity, such as neuronal atrophy and synaptic loss …

The organization of the stress system and its dysregulation in depressive illness

PW Gold - Molecular psychiatry, 2015 - nature.com
Stressors are imminent or perceived challenges to homeostasis. The stress response is an
innate, stereotypic, adaptive response to stressors that has evolved in the service of …

Rapid‐acting antidepressant ketamine, its metabolites and other candidates: A historical overview and future perspective

K Hashimoto - Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is one of the most disabling psychiatric disorders.
Approximately one‐third of the patients with MDD are treatment resistant to the current …

Role of BDNF in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression: Activity‐dependent effects distinguish rapid‐acting antidepressants

RS Duman, S Deyama… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The pathophysiology and treatment of depression have been the focus of intense research
and while there is much that remains unknown, modern neurobiological approaches are …

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 …

Glutamatergic mechanisms associated with seizures and epilepsy

M Barker-Haliski, HS White - Cold Spring …, 2015 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Epilepsy is broadly characterized by aberrant neuronal excitability. Glutamate is the
predominant excitatory neurotransmitter in the adult mammalian brain; thus, much of past …

A brief history of the development of antidepressant drugs: from monoamines to glutamate.

TM Hillhouse, JH Porter - Experimental and clinical …, 2015 - psycnet.apa.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a chronic, recurring, and debilitating mental illness that
is the most common mood disorder in the United States. It has been almost 50 years since …