The Antidepressant Efficacy of the Anticholinergic Scopolamine

Summary

A previous study showed that the intravenous administration of scopolamine produces antidepressant effects. This study is designed to determine if other routes of administration of scopolamine produce antidepressant effects.

Timeline

Start

2006-08

Primary completion

2013-01

Completion

2013-01

Publications

• Background Janowsky DS, el-Yousef MK, Davis JM. Acetylcholine and depression. Psychosom Med. 1974 May-Jun;36(3):248-57. doi: 10.1097/00006842-197405000-00008. No abstract available.
• Background Janowsky DS, el-Yousef MK, Davis JM, Hubbard B, Sekerke HJ. Cholinergic reversal of manic symptoms. Lancet. 1972 Jun 3;1(7762):1236-7. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(72)90956-7. No abstract available.
• Background Janowsky EC, Risch C, Janowsky DS. Effects of anesthesia on patients taking psychotropic drugs. J Clin Psychopharmacol. 1981 Jan;1(1):14-20. doi: 10.1097/00004714-198101000-00004.
• Park L, Furey M, Nugent AC, Farmer C, Ellis J, Szczepanik J, Lener MS, Zarate CA Jr. Neurophysiological Changes Associated with Antidepressant Response to Ketamine Not Observed in a Negative Trial of Scopolamine in Major Depressive Disorder. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2019 Jan 1;22(1):10-18. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyy051.
• Szczepanik J, Nugent AC, Drevets WC, Khanna A, Zarate CA Jr, Furey ML. Amygdala response to explicit sad face stimuli at baseline predicts antidepressant treatment response to scopolamine in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2016 Aug 30;254:67-73. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.06.005. Epub 2016 Jun 20.
• Drevets WC, Furey ML. Replication of scopolamine's antidepressant efficacy in major depressive disorder: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Mar 1;67(5):432-8. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.11.021. Epub 2010 Jan 15.

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