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ReviewChronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.)

Emerging Therapeutics Based on the Amino Acid Neurotransmitter System: An Update on the Pharmaceutical Pipeline for Mood Disorders.

Julia Hecking, Pasha A Davoudian, Samuel T Wilkinson

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Review in Chronic stress (Thousand Oaks, Calif.). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Negative allosteric modulation of α5-GABAbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  4. Psychedelics: Future Therapeutics in Major Depression?Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Julia HeckingDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Pasha A DavoudianDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5096-7610
Samuel T WilkinsonDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-9168
Yale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM136651 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BARBARA I KAZMIERCZAK · 2020 to 2026
$16.5M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136651
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mood disorders represent a pressing public health issue and significant source of disability throughout the world. The classical monoamine hypothesis, while useful in developing improved understanding and clinical treatments, has not fully captured the complex nature underlying mood disorders. Despite these shortcomings, the monoamine hypothesis continues to dominate the conceptual framework when approaching mood disorders. However, recent advances in basic and clinical research have led to a greater appreciation for the role that amino acid neurotransmitters play in the pathophysiology of mood disorders and as potential targets for novel therapies. In this article we review progress of compounds that focus on these systems. We cover both glutamate-targeting drugs such as: esketamine, AVP-786, REL-1017, AXS-05, rapastinel (GLYX-13), AV-101, NRX-101; as well as GABA-targeting drugs such as: brexanolone (SAGE-547), ganaxolone, zuranolone (SAGE-217), and PRAX-114. We focus the review on phase-II and phase-III clinical trials and evaluate the extant data and progress of these compounds.

Indexed as

clinical trialsdepressionketamine/esketaminemood disordersrapid-acting antidepressants

Identifiers

PMID34124495
PMCPMC8175843
OpenAlexW3171503165

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