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The antidepressant efficacy of subanesthetic-dose ketamine does not correlate with baseline subcortical volumes in a replication sample with major depressive disorder.
Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford, England) - 1 Dec 2017
Niciu Mark J, Iadarola Nicolas D, Banerjee Dipavo, Luckenbaugh David A, Park Minkyung, Lener Marc, Park Lawrence, Ionescu Dawn F, Ballard Elizabeth D, Brutsche Nancy E, Akula Nirmala, McMahon Francis J, Machado-Vieira Rodrigo, Nugent Allison C, Zarate Carlos A
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BACKGROUND: This study sought to reproduce, in a larger sample, previous findings of a correlation between smaller raw 3-Tesla (3T) hippocampal volumes and improved antidepressant efficacy of ketamine in individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). A secondary analysis stratified subjects according to functional BDNF rs6265 (val66met) genotype. METHODS: Unmedicated subjects with treatment-resistant MDD (...
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