Efficacy and safety of psilocybin-assisted treatment for major depressive disorder : Prospective 12-month follow-up Natalie Gukasyan, Alan K Davis, Frederick S Barrett, Mary P Cosimano, Nathan D Sepeda, Matthew W Johnson and Roland R Griffiths Journal of Psychopharmacology, 2022, Vol. 36(2) 151–158. Doi : 10.1177/02698811211073759 Abstract Background : Preliminary data suggest that psilocybin-assisted treatment produces substantial and rapid antidepressant effects in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), but little is known about long-term outcomes. Aims : This study sought to examine the efficacy and safety of psilocybin through 12 months in participants with moderate to severe MDD who received psilocybin. Methods : This randomized, waiting-list controlled study [...]
Lire la suitePsilocybin Matches SSRI for Moderate-to-Severe Depression in Phase 2 Study Sarah Edmonds Medscape Medical News, April 14, 2021 The psychedelic drug psilocybin performed just as well as a widely used antidepressant in easing the symptoms of major depression, and outperformed the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) on a range of secondary measures, results of a small-scale phase 2 study show. In a 6-week trial that included 59 patients with moderate-to-severe depression, there was no significant difference between the impact of high-dose psilocybin on the study's primary yardstick — the 16-item Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology–Self-Report (QIDS-SR-16) — and that of selective serotonin reuptake [...]
Lire la suiteAstrocytes in rapid ketamine antidepressant action Matjaž Stenovec, Baoman Li, Alexei Verkhratsky, Robert Zorec Neuropharmacology, 2020, 173, 108158 Doi : 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2020.108158 H I G H L I G H T S • Ketamine inhibits calcium signalling and enhances cAMP production in astroglia. • Ketamine suppresses exocytosis of gliosignalling molecules and Kir4.1. • Ketamine elevates cholesterol content in the plasmalemma specifically in astrocytes. A B S T R A C T Ketamine, a general anaesthetic and psychotomimetic drug, exerts rapid, potent and long-lasting antidepressant effect, albeit the cellular and molecular mechanisms of this action are yet to be discovered. Besides targeting neuronal NMDARs fundamental for synaptic transmission, ketamine affects the [...]
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