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ketamine and Nerve Degeneration

ketamine has been researched along with Nerve Degeneration in 30 studies

Ketamine: A cyclohexanone derivative used for induction of anesthesia. Its mechanism of action is not well understood, but ketamine can block NMDA receptors (RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE) and may interact with sigma receptors.
ketamine : A member of the class of cyclohexanones in which one of the hydrogens at position 2 is substituted by a 2-chlorophenyl group, while the other is substituted by a methylamino group.

Nerve Degeneration: Loss of functional activity and trophic degeneration of nerve axons and their terminal arborizations following the destruction of their cells of origin or interruption of their continuity with these cells. The pathology is characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases. Often the process of nerve degeneration is studied in research on neuroanatomical localization and correlation of the neurophysiology of neural pathways.

Research Excerpts

ExcerptRelevanceReference
"Parkinson's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cardinal motor features, such as bradykinesia, but also vocal deficits (e."5.48Effects of ketamine on vocal impairment, gait changes, and anhedonia induced by bilateral 6-OHDA infusion into the substantia nigra pars compacta in rats: Therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease. ( Andreatini, R; Bruginski, E; Campos, FR; de Almeida Soares Hocayen, P; Kanazawa, LKS; Miyoshi, E; Schwarting, RKW; Stern, CAJ; Vecchia, DD; Vital, MABF; Wendler, E; Wöhr, M, 2018)
"Ketamine post-SE onset treatment prevented neuronal death in all regions assessed."5.38Ketamine reduces neuronal degeneration and anxiety levels when administered during early life-induced status epilepticus in rats. ( Córdova, SD; de Oliveira, DL; Loss, CM, 2012)
" This article discusses the limitations of the published animal research, the challenges in extrapolating such data to humans, the need for further animal and human investigations, and the potential adverse effect on current clinical practice that might result, should the use of ketamine be restricted or the drug removed from the market."2.45Ketamine and neurotoxicity: clinical perspectives and implications for emergency medicine. ( Coté, CJ; Green, SM, 2009)
"Parkinson's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder characterized by cardinal motor features, such as bradykinesia, but also vocal deficits (e."1.48Effects of ketamine on vocal impairment, gait changes, and anhedonia induced by bilateral 6-OHDA infusion into the substantia nigra pars compacta in rats: Therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease. ( Andreatini, R; Bruginski, E; Campos, FR; de Almeida Soares Hocayen, P; Kanazawa, LKS; Miyoshi, E; Schwarting, RKW; Stern, CAJ; Vecchia, DD; Vital, MABF; Wendler, E; Wöhr, M, 2018)
"Schizophrenia is a chronic debilitating psychiatric disorder affecting as many as 1% of the population worldwide."1.39Neuronal injury, but not microglia activation, is associated with ketamine-induced experimental schizophrenic model in mice. ( Cao, X; Hou, Y; Liu, Y; Mao, Z; Wu, C; Xie, G; Yang, J; Zhang, H; Zhao, Y, 2013)
"Ketamine is an anaesthetic and analgesic drug used in research and clinical practice."1.39A single intraperitoneal injection of ketamine does not affect spatial working, reference memory or neurodegeneration in adult mice: An animal study. ( Antunes, LM; Ribeiro, PO; Rodrigues, PC; Valentim, AM, 2013)
"Ketamine was administered by IV infusion for 5 h to postnatal day 6 rhesus neonates or to pregnant rhesus females at 120 days' gestation (full term = 165 days)."1.38Ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis in the fetal and neonatal rhesus macaque brain. ( Avidan, MS; Brambrink, AM; Creeley, CE; Dissen, GA; Evers, AS; Farber, NB; Martin, LD; Olney, JW; Smith, DJ, 2012)
"Ketamine post-SE onset treatment prevented neuronal death in all regions assessed."1.38Ketamine reduces neuronal degeneration and anxiety levels when administered during early life-induced status epilepticus in rats. ( Córdova, SD; de Oliveira, DL; Loss, CM, 2012)
"Whether aromatization by glia affects gliosis itself or the initiation/maintenance of the WSD remains unknown."1.35Inhibition of injury-induced glial aromatase reveals a wave of secondary degeneration in the songbird brain. ( Bailey, DJ; Saldanha, CJ; Walters, BJ; Wynne, RD, 2008)
"R(-)-Ketamine was ineffective after both types of injury."1.29The effects of ketamine-isomers on neuronal injury and regeneration in rat hippocampal neurons. ( Georgieff, M; Himmelseher, S; Pfenninger, E, 1996)

Research

Studies (30)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-19902 (6.67)18.7374
1990's4 (13.33)18.2507
2000's13 (43.33)29.6817
2010's11 (36.67)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Zhang, F1
Wang, S1
Lv, C1
Zhang, M1
Yang, L1
Guo, X1
Vecchia, DD1
Kanazawa, LKS1
Wendler, E1
de Almeida Soares Hocayen, P1
Bruginski, E1
Campos, FR1
Stern, CAJ1
Vital, MABF1
Miyoshi, E1
Wöhr, M1
Schwarting, RKW1
Andreatini, R1
Hou, Y1
Zhang, H1
Xie, G1
Cao, X1
Zhao, Y1
Liu, Y1
Mao, Z1
Yang, J1
Wu, C1
Ribeiro, PO1
Rodrigues, PC1
Valentim, AM1
Antunes, LM1
Huang, C1
Zhang, X4
Zheng, J1
Chen, C1
Chen, Y1
Yi, J1
Slikker, W4
Liu, F1
Rainosek, SW1
Patterson, TA2
Sadovova, N2
Hanig, JP2
Paule, MG3
Wang, C4
Song, C2
Chen, K1
Green, SM1
Coté, CJ1
Zou, X1
Divine, RL1
Ullah, N1
Ullah, I1
Lee, HY1
Naseer, MI1
Seok, PM1
Ahmed, J1
Kim, MO1
Brambrink, AM1
Evers, AS1
Avidan, MS1
Farber, NB1
Smith, DJ1
Martin, LD1
Dissen, GA1
Creeley, CE1
Olney, JW3
Loss, CM1
Córdova, SD1
de Oliveira, DL1
Hayashi, H1
Dikkes, P1
Soriano, SG2
Fredriksson, A1
Archer, T1
Anand, KJ2
Rovnaghi, CR1
Hickey, PR1
Young, C1
Jevtovic-Todorovic, V1
Qin, YQ1
Tenkova, T1
Wang, H1
Labruyere, J1
Rudin, M1
Ben-Abraham, R1
Gazit, V1
Tendler, Y1
Tashlykov, V1
Katz, Y1
Kozek, SA1
Sator-Katzenschlager, S1
Kress, HG1
Majewski-Tiedeken, CR1
Rabin, CR1
Siegel, SJ1
Wynne, RD1
Walters, BJ1
Bailey, DJ1
Saldanha, CJ1
Himmelseher, S1
Pfenninger, E1
Georgieff, M1
Hergovich, N1
Singer, E1
Agneter, E1
Eichler, HG1
Graselli, U1
Simhandl, C1
Jilma, B1
Vachon, P1
Precht, W1
Volkind, R1
Blanks, RH1
Beyers, TM1
Richardson, JA1
Prince, MD1
Keilhoff, G1
Wolf, G1
Stastný, F1
Clifford, DB1
Zorumski, CF1

Clinical Trials (2)

Trial Overview

TrialPhaseEnrollmentStudy TypeStart DateStatus
Oral Ketamine for Control of Chronic Pain in Children[NCT01369680]Phase 112 participants (Actual)Interventional2011-05-31Completed
Anesthesia Exposure and Neurodevelopment in Infants and Children: Pediatric Anesthesia & NeuroDevelopment (PANDA) Study[NCT00881764]369 participants (Actual)Observational2009-05-31Completed
[information is prepared from clinicaltrials.gov, extracted Sep-2024]

Trial Outcomes

Neurocognitive Effect

"Baseline neurocognitive testing will be done before study drug is given. Subjects will be reassessed for any changes in neurocognitive scores at end of dosing (week 2) and at three weeks off study drug (week 14). Significant changes were measured at week 14 compared to baseline. Week 2 was measured to inform future studies.~The neurocognitive scores are standardized scores with a mean of 100; low scores correlate with low neurocognitive function, while high scores correlate with high function. A significant change is defined as greater than or equal to 10% decrease in scores." (NCT01369680)
Timeframe: At 14 weeks

Interventionparticipants (Number)
Ketamine 0.25 mg/kg/Dose0
Ketamine 0.5 mg/kg/Dose0
Ketamine 1 mg/kg/Dose0
Ketamine 1.5 mg/kg/Dose0

Norketamine Cmax (Measured in ng/mL).

Pharmacokinetic testing will be done during chronic ketamine administration on subjects consenting to additional testing one week into study drug administration. This is to further describe the activity of ketamine in the blood of children when administered chronically and to enable comparison of any clinical effect or toxicity with steady state levels of ketamine in children. (NCT01369680)
Timeframe: At week 1

Interventionng/mL (Mean)
Ketamine 0.25 mg/kg/Dose37.5
Ketamine 0.5 mg/kg/Dose135
Ketamine 1 mg/kg/Dose250

Number of Participants Tolerating Dose

According to CTCae any dose causing grade 2 or worse toxicity will be an untolerated dose. Tolerability is defined as ability to take the medication for 2 weeks without having a grade 2 or worse toxicity. (NCT01369680)
Timeframe: Up to 2 weeks

Interventionparticipants (Number)
Ketamine 0.25 mg/kg/Dose3
Ketamine 0.5 mg/kg/Dose3
Ketamine 1 mg/kg/Dose3
Ketamine 1.5 mg/kg/Dose1

Pain Control

"Subjects will be assessed for clinically significant change in pain scores during and after study drug administration. Significant change in pain scores were determined at week 2, though week 14 scores were collected as well.~Participants with a 2 point (or greater) decrease in pain scores compared to baseline were considered to have responded. The NRS scale was used, the scale ranges from 0-10, with 10 being the most pain." (NCT01369680)
Timeframe: Week 2

Interventionparticipants (Number)
Ketamine 0.25 mg/kg/Dose3
Ketamine 0.5 mg/kg/Dose0
Ketamine 1 mg/kg/Dose2
Ketamine 1.5 mg/kg/Dose0

Reviews

3 reviews available for ketamine and Nerve Degeneration

ArticleYear
Ketamine and neurotoxicity: clinical perspectives and implications for emergency medicine.
    Annals of emergency medicine, 2009, Volume: 54, Issue:2

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Apoptosis; Child; Emergency Medicine; Humans; Ketamine; Nerve De

2009
Application of microPET imaging approaches in the study of pediatric anesthetic-induced neuronal toxicity.
    Journal of applied toxicology : JAT, 2013, Volume: 33, Issue:9

    Topics: Anesthetics; Animals; Apoptosis; Brain; Child; GABA Agonists; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Ass

2013
Strategies and experimental models for evaluating anesthetics: effects on the developing nervous system.
    Anesthesia and analgesia, 2008, Volume: 106, Issue:6

    Topics: Anesthetics; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Behavior, Animal; Biomedical Research; Cell Death; Disease M

2008

Trials

1 trial available for ketamine and Nerve Degeneration

ArticleYear
Comparison of the effects of ketamine and memantine on prolactin and cortisol release in men. a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
    Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2001, Volume: 24, Issue:5

    Topics: Adult; Blood Pressure; Cross-Over Studies; Drug Tolerance; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; Heart

2001

Other Studies

26 other studies available for ketamine and Nerve Degeneration

ArticleYear
Lin28b and Sox2 regulate anesthesia-induced neural degeneration in neural stem cell derived neurons.
    European journal of pharmacology, 2018, Feb-05, Volume: 820

    Topics: Anesthetics; Animals; Cell Differentiation; Female; Ketamine; Nerve Degeneration; Neural Stem Cells;

2018
Effects of ketamine on vocal impairment, gait changes, and anhedonia induced by bilateral 6-OHDA infusion into the substantia nigra pars compacta in rats: Therapeutic implications for Parkinson's disease.
    Behavioural brain research, 2018, 04-16, Volume: 342

    Topics: Anhedonia; Animals; Depression; Disease Models, Animal; Gait; Imipramine; Ketamine; Male; Nerve Dege

2018
Neuronal injury, but not microglia activation, is associated with ketamine-induced experimental schizophrenic model in mice.
    Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry, 2013, Aug-01, Volume: 45

    Topics: Animals; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists; Hippocampus; Immobilit

2013
A single intraperitoneal injection of ketamine does not affect spatial working, reference memory or neurodegeneration in adult mice: An animal study.
    European journal of anaesthesiology, 2013, Volume: 30, Issue:10

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Behavior, Animal; Brain; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Ketamine;

2013
Upregulation of miR-137 protects anesthesia-induced hippocampal neurodegeneration.
    International journal of clinical and experimental pathology, 2014, Volume: 7, Issue:8

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein; Gene Expression Regulation; Hippocamp

2014
Ketamine-Induced Toxicity in Neurons Differentiated from Neural Stem Cells.
    Molecular neurobiology, 2015, Volume: 52, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Astrocytes; Calcium; Cell Division; Cells, Cultured; Cerebral Cortex; Culture Me

2015
Inhibition of long non-coding RNA IGF2AS protects apoptosis and neuronal loss in anesthetic-damaged mouse neural stem cell derived neurons.
    Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 2017, Volume: 85

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Apoptosis; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor; Cells, Cultured; D

2017
Prolonged exposure to ketamine increases neurodegeneration in the developing monkey brain.
    International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience, 2009, Volume: 27, Issue:7

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Brain; Caspase 3; Cell Death; Fluoresceins; Humans; Ketamine; Ma

2009
Protective function of nicotinamide against ketamine-induced apoptotic neurodegeneration in the infant rat brain.
    Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN, 2012, Volume: 47, Issue:1

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Animals, Newborn; Apoptosis; Ketamine; Nerve Degeneration; Neuro

2012
Ketamine-induced neuroapoptosis in the fetal and neonatal rhesus macaque brain.
    Anesthesiology, 2012, Volume: 116, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Apoptosis; Brain; Female; Fetus; Infusions, Intravenous; Ketamine; Macaca

2012
Ketamine reduces neuronal degeneration and anxiety levels when administered during early life-induced status epilepticus in rats.
    Brain research, 2012, Sep-20, Volume: 1474

    Topics: Animals; Anxiety; Brain; Convulsants; Ketamine; Male; Nerve Degeneration; Neuroprotective Agents; Pi

2012
Repeated administration of ketamine may lead to neuronal degeneration in the developing rat brain.
    Paediatric anaesthesia, 2002, Volume: 12, Issue:9

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Brain; Ketamine; Nerve Degeneration; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Receptor

2002
Neurobehavioural deficits associated with apoptotic neurodegeneration and vulnerability for ADHD.
    Neurotoxicity research, 2004, Volume: 6, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Apoptosis; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Central Nervous

2004
Of mice and men: should we extrapolate rodent experimental data to the care of human neonates?
    Anesthesiology, 2005, Volume: 102, Issue:4

    Topics: Anesthesia; Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Blood Gas Analysis; Food Deprivation; H

2005
Potential of ketamine and midazolam, individually or in combination, to induce apoptotic neurodegeneration in the infant mouse brain.
    British journal of pharmacology, 2005, Volume: 146, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Blood Gas Analysis; Brain; Caspase 3; Caspases; Cell Count; Cell Death; Drug Int

2005
Single-dose ketamine administration induces apoptosis in neonatal mouse brain.
    Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology, 2005, Volume: 16, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Apoptosis; Behavior, Animal; Brain; Coloring Agents; Eosine Yellowish-(YS

2005
Intrathecal S(+)-ketamine in refractory neuropathic cancer pain.
    Pain, 2006, Volume: 121, Issue:3

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Brain Stem; Gliosis; Humans; Injections, Spinal; Ketamine; Male; Neoplasm

2006
Anesthetic neurotoxicity in newborns: should we change clinical practice?
    Anesthesiology, 2007, Volume: 107, Issue:1

    Topics: Anesthetics; Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Ketamine; Nerve Degenerati

2007
Ketamine exposure in adult mice leads to increased cell death in C3H, DBA2 and FVB inbred mouse strains.
    Drug and alcohol dependence, 2008, Jan-01, Volume: 92, Issue:1-3

    Topics: Animals; Caspase 3; Cell Death; Cell Nucleus; Evoked Potentials; Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists;

2008
Inhibition of injury-induced glial aromatase reveals a wave of secondary degeneration in the songbird brain.
    Glia, 2008, Jan-01, Volume: 56, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Apoptosis; Aromatase; Aromatase Inhibitors; Brain; Data Interpretation, Statistical; Enzyme

2008
The effects of ketamine-isomers on neuronal injury and regeneration in rat hippocampal neurons.
    Anesthesia and analgesia, 1996, Volume: 83, Issue:3

    Topics: Anesthetics, Dissociative; Animals; Axons; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Dendrites; Glutamic Acid;

1996
Self-mutilation in rabbits following intramuscular ketamine-xylazine-acepromazine injections.
    The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne, 1999, Volume: 40, Issue:8

    Topics: Acepromazine; Anesthetics, Combined; Animals; Axons; Injections, Intramuscular; Ketamine; Nerve Dege

1999
Functional organization of the vestibular input to the anterior and posterior cerebellar vermis of cat.
    Experimental brain research, 1977, Feb-16, Volume: 27, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Axonal Transport; Cats; Cerebellar Cortex; Electric Stimulation; Evoked Potentials; Horsera

1977
Axonal degeneration and self-mutilation as a complication of the intramuscular use of ketamine and xylazine in rabbits.
    Laboratory animal science, 1991, Volume: 41, Issue:5

    Topics: Animals; Axons; Injections, Intramuscular; Ketamine; Nerve Degeneration; Rabbits; Self Mutilation; X

1991
Effects of MK-801, ketamine and alaptide on quinolinate models in the maturing hippocampus.
    Neuroscience, 1991, Volume: 42, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Cell Hypoxia; Dizocilpine Maleate; Hippocampus; Injections, Intraventricular; Ketamine; Mal

1991
Ketamine and MK-801 prevent degeneration of thalamic neurons induced by focal cortical seizures.
    Experimental neurology, 1989, Volume: 105, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Anticonvulsants; Bicuculline; Cerebral Cortex; Dibenzocycloheptenes; Dizocilpine Maleate; E

1989