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ArticleBiological psychiatry2022

Nitrous Oxide, a Rapid Antidepressant, Has Ketamine-like Effects on Excitatory Transmission in the Adult Hippocampus.

Yukitoshi Izumi, Fong-Fu Hsu, Charles R Conway, Peter Nagele, Steven J Mennerick, Charles F Zorumski

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Article in Biological psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The boon and bane of nitrous oxide.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
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  7. nNOS-expressing neurons in the mPFC mediate depression-related behaviors in mice through pPVT-mPFC projections.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  10. Examining memory reconsolidation as a mechanism of nitrous oxide's antidepressant action.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yukitoshi IzumiDepartment of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for Brain Research in Mood Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Fong-Fu HsuDepartment of Medicine and Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Charles R ConwayDepartment of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for Brain Research in Mood Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Peter NageleDepartment of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
Steven J MennerickDepartment of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for Brain Research in Mood Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Charles F ZorumskiDepartment of Psychiatry and Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri; Center for Brain Research in Mood Disorders, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: zorumskc@wustl.edu.
Washington University in St. Louis · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Washington University Nutrition Obesity Research CenterP30DK056341 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Dominic N Reeds · 1999 to 2026
$30.2M
WU P&FP30DK020579 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Clay F. Semenkovich · 2013 to 2026
$27.1M
Neuroactive steroids as novel psychiatric treatments: mechanistic studiesP50MH122379 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI COVEY, DOUGLAS F · 2021 to 2025
$12.2M
TrainingP41GM103422 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI YARASHESKI, KEVIN E · 2012 to 2019
$12.0M
GABAA RECEPTOR POPULATIONS IN HIPPOCAMPUS AND THALAMUSR01MH123748 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J · 2021 to 2025
$2.4M
Oxysterols and NMDAR FunctionR01MH101874 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI MENNERICK, STEVEN J, ZORUMSKI, CHARLES F · 2014 to 2018
$1.9M
NEUROSTEROIDS & PROXIMAL INHIBITION IN THE HIPPOCAMPUSR21MH114866 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI ZORUMSKI, CHARLES F · 2018 to 2018
$234k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020579NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056341NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103422NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH122379NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101874NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123748NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH114866
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNitrous oxide (N

methodsGlutamate-mediated synaptic transmission was studied in the CA1 region of hippocampal slices from adult albino rats using standard extracellular recording methods. Effects of N

resultsAkin to 1 μM ketamine, 30% N

conclusionsThese results indicate that N

Indexed as

KetamineAnimalsAntidepressive AgentsGlutamic AcidHippocampusNitrous OxideRatsReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateSynaptic TransmissionAntidepressive AgentsGlutamic AcidKetamineNitrous OxideReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateLaughing gasmTORNitric oxide synthaseNMDA receptorsTrkB receptors

Identifiers

PMID36050137
PMCPMC10107749
OpenAlexW4283367257

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