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Trial reportTranslational psychiatry2024

Functional activity and connectivity signatures of ketamine and lamotrigine during negative emotional processing: a double-blind randomized controlled fMRI study.

Marvin S Meiering, David Weigner, Matti Gärtner, Luisa Carstens, Christian Keicher, Rita Hertrampf, Christian F Beckmann, Maarten Mennes, Andreas Wunder, Anne Weigand and 1 more

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Trial report in Translational psychiatry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Marvin S MeieringMedical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany. marvin.meiering@medicalschool-berlin.de.ORCID 0000-0002-9747-5015
David WeignerMedical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Matti GärtnerMedical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1185-1789
Luisa CarstensMedical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Christian KeicherCharité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7552-4082
Rita HertrampfCharité Research Organisation GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
Christian F BeckmannSBGneuro Ltd, Oxford, UK.
Maarten MennesSBGneuro Ltd, Oxford, UK.
Andreas WunderTranslational Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany.
Anne Weigand *Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Simone Grimm *Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ketamine is a highly effective antidepressant (AD) that targets the glutamatergic system and exerts profound effects on brain circuits during negative emotional processing. Interestingly, the effects of ketamine on brain measures are sensitive to modulation by pretreatment with lamotrigine, which inhibits glutamate release. Examining the antagonistic effects of ketamine and lamotrigine on glutamate transmission holds promise to identify effects of ketamine that are mediated through changes in the glutamatergic system. Investigating this modulation in relation to both the acute and sustained effects of ketamine on functional activity and connectivity during negative emotional processing should therefore provide novel insights. 75 healthy subjects were investigated in a double-blind, single-dose, randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study with three treatment conditions (ketamine, lamotrigine pre-treatment, placebo). Participants completed an emotional face viewing task during ketamine infusion and 24 h later. Acute ketamine administration decreased hippocampal and Default Mode Network (DMN) activity and increased fronto-limbic coupling during negative emotional processing. Furthermore, while lamotrigine abolished the ketamine-induced increase in functional connectivity, it had no acute effect on activity. Sustained (24 h later) effects of ketamine were only found for functional activity, with a significant reduction in the posterior DMN. This effect was blocked by pretreatment with lamotrigine. Our results suggest that both the acute increases in fronto-limbic coupling and the delayed decrease in posterior DMN activity, but not the attenuated limbic and DMN recruitment after ketamine, are mediated by altered glutamatergic transmission.

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EmotionsKetamineLamotrigineMagnetic Resonance ImagingAdultAntidepressive AgentsBrainDouble-Blind MethodExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsFemaleHippocampusHumansMaleYoung AdultAntidepressive AgentsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsKetamineLamotrigine

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PMID39402015
PMCPMC11479267

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