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ArticleFrontiers in synaptic neuroscience2018

Intravascular Ketamine Increases Theta-Burst but Not High Frequency Tetanus Induced LTP at CA3-CA1 Synapses Within Three Hours and Devoid of an Increase in Spine Density.

Allie J Widman, Amy E Stewart, Elise M Erb, Elizabeth Gardner, Lori L McMahon

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Article in Frontiers in synaptic neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A Time-Sensitive Plasticity Distinguishes the Rapid and Sustained Synaptic Actions of Ketamine from Its (2The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026
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  7. Rapid hippocampal synaptic potentiation induced by ketamine metabolite (2R,6R)-hydroxynorketamine persistently primes synaptic plasticity.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  8. Ketamine induced synaptic plasticity operates independently of long-term potentiation.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  10. NMDA Receptor Activation-Dependent Antidepressant-Relevant Behavioral and Synaptic Actions of Ketamine.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Allie J WidmanDepartment of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Amy E StewartDepartment of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Elise M ErbDepartment of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Elizabeth GardnerDepartment of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Lori L McMahonDepartment of Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Interactions of 17beta estradiol and ketamine on depression-like behavior, hippocampal synaptic function, and cognition in ovariectomized ratsR56MH107190 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI MCMAHON, LORI LYNN · 2016 to 2016
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NIMH NIH HHS R56 MH107190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the past 20 years, ketamine has become a promising treatment for Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) due to its rapid and sustain antidepressant effects in patients. A single ketamine treatment causes improvement in depressive symptoms within hours and can last weeks, long after it is eliminated. Previous studies have demonstrated increased synaptic plasticity at CA3-CA1 synapses in hippocampus (HPC) 24 h post ketamine treatment suggesting increased activity-dependent hippocampal function may underlie the antidepressant effects of ketamine. If true, these changes should also occur within hours of treatment, a time when symptoms are first alleviated in patients. To determine if augmented synaptic plasticity is observed at an earlier time point, we measured theta-burst and high frequency tetanus induced long-term potentiation (LTP) at CA3-CA1 synapses 3 h following intravenous (IV) ketamine administration. Additionally, we measured basal hippocampal function and spine density to investigate whether connectivity was increased with ketamine treatment. We report that theta-burst but not high frequency tetanus induced LTP is significantly increased 3 h after

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anti-depressantshippocampusketaminespine densitysynaptic plasticity

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