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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2025

Advancing depression treatment: the role of sigma receptor ligands.

Peng Zhang, Zeqiong Ning, Haixia Chen, Jia Chen, Zhihong Lu, Feifei Xu

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Peng Zhang *Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology (The Fourth Military Medical University), Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology Medicine, Xi'an, China.
Zeqiong Ning *Department of Pharmacy, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China.
Haixia ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology (The Fourth Military Medical University), Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology Medicine, Xi'an, China.
Jia ChenDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology (The Fourth Military Medical University), Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology Medicine, Xi'an, China.
Zhihong LuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology (The Fourth Military Medical University), Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology Medicine, Xi'an, China.
Feifei XuDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology (The Fourth Military Medical University), Ministry of Education, Shaanxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology Medicine, Xi'an, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Depression, one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders, continues to pose escalating global health challenges. Despite the discovery of numerous antidepressants, their clinical applications are limited, and there is still an urgent need to identify more effective antidepressant drugs and their molecular targets. In recent years, sigma receptors have garnered considerable interest among depression researchers because of their diverse biological functions and significant roles in the central nervous system. This review provides a comprehensive summary of the potential roles of sigma receptors and their ligands in the pathogenesis of depression and the course of antidepressant treatment, with the aim of offering insights into further research and potential therapeutic development.

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Ca2+ responsesdepressionglutamatergic dysfunctionneuroinflammationneuronal plasticityserotonergic systemsigma receptorsigma receptor ligands

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PMID41378345
PMCPMC12685838

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