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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Effect of Acute Ketamine Treatment on Sympathetic Regulation Indexed by Electrodermal Activity in Adolescent Major Depression.

Veronika Kovacova, Andrea Macejova, Ingrid Tonhajzerova, Zuzana Visnovcova, Nikola Ferencova, Zuzana Mlyncekova, Tomas Kukucka, Ivan Farsky, Slavomir Nosal, Igor Ondrejka

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Veronika KovacovaClinic of Psychiatry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Andrea MacejovaClinic of Psychiatry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Ingrid TonhajzerovaClinic of Psychiatry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-1116-6917
Zuzana VisnovcovaBiomedical Centre Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 4D, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Nikola FerencovaBiomedical Centre Martin, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 4D, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-3682-404X
Zuzana MlyncekovaClinic of Psychiatry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0009-0008-9338-6120
Tomas KukuckaClinic of Psychiatry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Ivan FarskyDepartment of Nursing, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mala Hora 5, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Slavomir NosalClinic of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.
Igor OndrejkaClinic of Psychiatry, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine in Martin, Comenius University in Bratislava, University Hospital Martin, Kollarova 2, 03601 Martin, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-5911-9709
Comenius University Bratislava · SK

Funding

Slovak Scientific Grant Agency under grants VEGA 1/0048/24
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ketamine is a potential rapid-onset antidepressant characterized by sympathomimetic effects. However, the question of ketamine's use in treating adolescents' major depressive disorder (MDD) is still discussed. Thus, we aimed to study the acute effect of ketamine infusion treatment on sympathetic regulation using electrodermal activity (EDA) in addition to an assessment of depressive symptomatology in MDD adolescents. Twenty hospitalized adolescent girls with MDD (average age: 15.0 ± 1.46 yrs.) were examined before and two hours after a single intravenous infusion of ketamine. EDA was continuously recorded for 6 min, and depressive symptoms were assessed before and two hours after ketamine administration. The evaluated parameters included skin conductance level (SCL), nonspecific electrodermal responses (NS-SCRs), MADRS (questions no. 1-10, total score), and CDI (items A-E, total score). EDA parameters showed no significant changes after the ketamine treatment, and depressive symptoms were significantly reduced after the ketamine infusion. The analysis revealed a significant negative correlation between index SCL and CDI-A, CDI-E, and the total CDI score and between index NS-SCRs and MADRS no. 4 before the ketamine treatment. In conclusion, ketamine improved depressive symptomatology without a significant effect on EDA, indicating its potential safety and efficiency as an acute antidepressant intervention in adolescent MDD.

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adolescencedepressive symptomatologyelectrodermal activityketaminemajor depressive disordersevere episodesympathetic regulation

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