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. 2019 Feb 22;20(4):949. doi: 10.3390/ijms20040949

Table 3.

Other rapid-acting antidepressant agents.

Agent Molecular Target Reference
Scopolamine M1/2-antagonist, AMPAR↑, mTOR↑ [81,82]
GLYX-13 Partial agonist and modulator of NMDAR, AMPAR↑ [83,84]
MGS0039, LY3020371 mGlu2/3 antagonists, AMPAR↑ [85,86,87]
L-655,708, MRK-016 NAM of α5-GABAA-R, cortex & HC-specific [88,89]
Cannabidiol 5-HT1A-R↑, CB1↑, vmPFC [90,91,92,93]
Psychedelics
(LSD, DOI, DMT, MDMA)
TrkB→mTOR↑+BDNF↑, 5-HT2A-R↑, PFC [94]

We list several other important compounds, which have been shown to provide antidepressant-like effects similar to ketamine and its metabolites. M1/2 Muscarinic acetylcholine Receptor Type 1 and 2, AMPAR α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid receptor, mTOR mammalian target of rapamycin, mGlu2/3 Metabotropic glutamate receptor type 2 and 3, NAM negative allosteric modulator, α5-GABAA-R Alpha 5 subunit of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor, HC hippocampus, NMDAR N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor, 5-HT1A-R 5-Hydroxy tryptophan receptor type 1A, CB1 Cannabinoid receptor type 1, vmPFC ventromedial prefrontal cortex, LSD lysergic acid diethylamide, DOI (2,5)-dimethoxy-4-iodoamphetamine, DMT N,N-dimethyltryptamine, MDMA (3,4)-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, TrkB Tyrosine receptor kinase B, BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor, 5-HT2A-R 5-Hydroxy tryptophan receptor type 2A, PFC Prefrontal cortex.