Clinical Trial: Pilot Study: Establishing Glutamatergic Changes in Rapid Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Major Depressive Disorder
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Pilot Study: Establishing Glutamatergic Changes as the Mechanism of Action in the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of Sleep Deprivation
Brief Summary:
In the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), total sleep deprivation can produce rapid but short-lasting improvements in mood.In order to develop a new generation of treatments with rapid and sustained efficacy, a better understanding of the mechanism of action is urgently needed.One candidate mechanism is the modulation of synaptic strength mediated by glutamatergic activity as sleep deprivation has been suggested to increase synaptic strength.Although determining how sleep deprivation impacts the…
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