Banasr, Mounira

mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists

Li, N., Lee, B., Liu, R.-J., Banasr, M., Dwyer, J. M., Iwata, M., Li, X.-Y., Aghajanian, G., & Duman, R. S. (2010) · Science

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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Glutamate N-methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antagonists Rapidly Reverse Behavioral and Synaptic Deficits Caused by Chronic Stress Exposure

Li, N., Liu, R.-J., Dwyer, J. M., Banasr, M., Lee, B., Son, H., Li, X.-Y., Aghajanian, G., & Duman, R. S. (2011) · Biological Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 1,082

Decreased expression of synapse-related genes and loss of synapses in major depressive disorder

Kang, H. J., Voleti, B., Hajszan, T., Rajkowska, G., Stockmeier, C. A., Licznerski, P., Lepack, A., Majik, M. S., Jeong, L. S., Banasr, M., et al. (2012) · Nature Medicine

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 808

Glial pathology in an animal model of depression: reversal of stress-induced cellular, metabolic and behavioral deficits by the glutamate-modulating drug riluzole

Banasr, M., Chowdhury, G. M. I., Terwilliger, R., Newton, S. S., Duman, R. S., Behar, K. L., & Sanacora, G. (2010) · Molecular Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 458

A negative regulator of MAP kinase causes depressive behavior

Duric, V., Banasr, M., Licznerski, P., Schmidt, H. D., Stockmeier, C. A., Simen, A. A., Newton, S. S., & Duman, R. S. (2010) · Nature Medicine

Treatment of Major DepressionProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases

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Psychological Stress Activates the Inflammasome via Release of Adenosine Triphosphate and Stimulation of the Purinergic Type 2X7 Receptor

Iwata, M., Ota, K. T., Li, X.-Y., Sakaue, F., Li, N., Dutheil, S., Banasr, M., Duric, V., Yamanashi, T., Kaneko, K., et al. (2016) · Biological Psychiatry

Adenosine and Purinergic SignalingTryptophan and brain disorders

Cited by 387

BDNF release is required for the behavioral actions of ketamine

Lepack, A. E., Fuchikami, M., Dwyer, J. M., Banasr, M., & Duman, R. S. (2015) · International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 368

Somatostatin-Positive Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid Interneuron Deficits in Depression: Cortical Microcircuit and Therapeutic Perspectives

Fee, C., Banasr, M., & Sibille, E. (2017) · Biological Psychiatry

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 329

Agomelatine, a new antidepressant, induces regional changes in hippocampal neurogenesis

Banasr, M., Soumier, A., Hery, M., Mocaër, E., & Daszuta, A. (2006) · Biological Psychiatry

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 318

Altered expression of synapse and glutamate related genes in post-mortem hippocampus of depressed subjects

Duric, V., Banasr, M., Stockmeier, C. A., Simen, A. A., Newton, S. S., Overholser, J. C., Jurjus, G. J., Dieter, L., & Duman, R. S. (2013) · International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 304

Scopolamine Rapidly Increases Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 Signaling, Synaptogenesis, and Antidepressant Behavioral Responses

Voleti, B., Navarria, A., Liu, R.-J., Banasr, M., Li, N., Terwilliger, R., Sanacora, G., Eid, T., Aghajanian, G., & Duman, R. S. (2013) · Biological Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 264

From Pathophysiology to Novel Antidepressant Drugs: Glial Contributions to the Pathology and Treatment of Mood Disorders

Sanacora, G., & Banasr, M. (2013) · Biological Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 239

Cell atrophy and loss in depression: reversal by antidepressant treatment

Banasr, M., Dwyer, J. M., & Duman, R. S. (2011) · Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Treatment of Major DepressionStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 201

Transiently increased glutamate cycling in rat PFC is associated with rapid onset of antidepressant-like effects

Chowdhury, G. M. I., Zhang, J., Thomas, M., Banasr, M., Ma, X., Pittman, B., Bristow, L., Schaeffer, E., Duman, R. S., Rothman, D. L., et al. (2017) · Molecular Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 197

Riluzole in the Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Pittenger, C., Coric, V., Banasr, M., Bloch, M., Krystal, J. H., & Sanacora, G. (2008) · CNS Drugs

Treatment of Major DepressionNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

Cited by 177

Regulation of Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis by Stress and Antidepressant Treatment

Banasr, M., & Duman, R. (2007) · CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanismsTreatment of Major Depression

Cited by 169

Antidepressant Effects of Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 in Behavioral and Cellular Models of Depression

Elsayed, M., Banasr, M., Duric, V., Fournier, N. M., Licznerski, P., & Duman, R. S. (2012) · Biological Psychiatry

Treatment of Major DepressionNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 169

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Signaling is Required for the Behavioral Actions of Antidepressant Treatment: Pharmacological and Cellular Characterization

Greene, J., Banasr, M., Lee, B., Warner-Schmidt, J., & Duman, R. S. (2009) · Neuropsychopharmacology

Treatment of Major DepressionNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior

Cited by 143

Characterization of GABAergic Marker Expression in the Chronic Unpredictable Stress Model of Depression

Banasr, M., Lepack, A., Fee, C., Duric, V., Maldonado-Aviles, J., DiLeone, R., Sibille, E., Duman, R. S., & Sanacora, G. (2017) · Chronic Stress

Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 135

Neuritin produces antidepressant actions and blocks the neuronal and behavioral deficits caused by chronic stress

Son, H., Banasr, M., Choi, M., Chae, S. Y., Licznerski, P., Lee, B., Voleti, B., Li, N., Lepack, A., Fournier, N. M., et al. (2012) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Treatment of Major DepressionStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 103

Decreased SGK1 Expression and Function Contributes to Behavioral Deficits Induced by Traumatic Stress

Licznerski, P., Duric, V., Banasr, M., Alavian, K. N., Ota, K. T., Kang, H. J., Jonas, E. A., Ursano, R., Krystal, J. H., Duman, R. S., et al. (2015) · PLOS Biology

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchStress Responses and Cortisol

Cited by 79

Chronic Stress Induces Coordinated Cortical Microcircuit Cell–Type Transcriptomic Changes Consistent With Altered Information Processing

Newton, D. F., Oh, H., Shukla, R., Misquitta, K., Fee, C., Banasr, M., & Sibille, E. (2022) · Biological Psychiatry

Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research

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