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Higher glutamatergic activity in the medial prefrontal cortex in chronic ketamine users
Qiuxia Wu, Jinsong Tang, Chang Qi, An Xie, Jianbin Liu, Joseph O’Neill, Tieqiao Liu, Wei Hao and Yanhui Liao
J Psychiatry Neurosci July 26, 2022 47 (4) E263-E271; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/jpn.210179
Qiuxia Wu
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Jinsong Tang
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Chang Qi
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
An Xie
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Jianbin Liu
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Joseph O’Neill
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Tieqiao Liu
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Wei Hao
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)
Yanhui Liao
From the Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Wu, Tang, Liao); the Department of Psychiatry and National Clinical Research Centre for Mental Disorders, Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Wu, T. Liu, Hao); the Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China (Qi); the Department of Radiology, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R. China (Xie, J. Liu); the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, Calif., USA (O’Neill)

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Higher glutamatergic activity in the medial prefrontal cortex in chronic ketamine users
Qiuxia Wu, Jinsong Tang, Chang Qi, An Xie, Jianbin Liu, Joseph O’Neill, Tieqiao Liu, Wei Hao, Yanhui Liao
J Psychiatry Neurosci Jul 2022, 47 (4) E263-E271; DOI: 10.1503/jpn.210179