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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2017

cAMP signaling in brain is decreased in unmedicated depressed patients and increased by treatment with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

M Fujita, E M Richards, M J Niciu, D F Ionescu, S S Zoghbi, J Hong, S Telu, C S Hines, V W Pike, C A Zarate and 1 more

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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58citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

58 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M FujitaMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
E M RichardsExperimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
M J NiciuExperimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
D F IonescuExperimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
S S ZoghbiMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
J HongMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
S TeluMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
C S HinesMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
V W PikeMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
C A ZarateExperimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
R B InnisMolecular Imaging Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
National Institute of Mental Health · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

PET Radiopharmaceutical SciencesZIAMH002793 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI PIKE, VICTOR W · 2009 to 2025
$69.8M
Glutamatergic Modulators for Rapid & Sustained Antidepressant EffectZIAMH002857 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI ZARATE, CARLOS · 2009 to 2025
$55.0M
Clinical Evaluation of PET RadiotracersZIAMH002852 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI INNIS, ROBERT · 2009 to 2025
$48.6M
Target validation of novel therapeutic agents in mood disordersZIAMH002927 · NIMH · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH · PI ZARATE, CARLOS · 2010 to 2025
$37.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002793Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002852Intramural NIH HHS ZIA MH002927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basic studies exploring the importance of the cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) cascade in major depressive disorder (MDD) have noted that the cAMP cascade is downregulated in MDD and upregulated by antidepressant treatment. We investigated cAMP cascade activity by using

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3',5'-Cyclic-AMP PhosphodiesterasesAdultAntidepressive AgentsBrainCarbon RadioisotopesCase-Control StudiesCyclic AMPDepressionFemaleHumansMajor Depressive DisorderMaleMiddle AgedPhosphodiesterase 4 InhibitorsPositron-Emission TomographyRolipram3',5'-Cyclic-AMP PhosphodiesterasesAntidepressive AgentsCarbon RadioisotopesCyclic AMPPhosphodiesterase 4 InhibitorsRolipramSelective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors

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PMID27725657
PMCPMC5388600
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