Selected Publications for Lisa Monteggia, Ph.D.

2025

Piazza MK, Weit AR, Kavalali ET, Neul JL, Monteggia LM. (2025) MeCP2 prevents against sustained ketamine-induced synaptic depression at inhibitory synapses. iScience. 2025 Apr 21;28(6):112485. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.112485. eCollection 2025 Jun 20. PMID: 40612906

Ma ZZ, Guzikowski NJ, Kim JW, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. (2025) Enhanced ERK activity extends ketamine’s antidepressant effects by augmenting synaptic plasticity. Science. 2025 May 8;388(6747):646-655. doi: 10.1126/science.abb6748. Epub 2025 May 8.
PMID: 40339008

Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. (2025) Synaptic basis of rapid antidepressant action. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2025 Sep;275(6):1539-1546. doi: 10.1007/s00406-024-01898-6. Epub 2024 Sep 29. PMID: 39343821

2024

Kim JW, Kleinfelter B, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. (2024) Distinct synaptic mechanisms drive the behavioral response to acute stress and rapid correction by ketamine. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Nov;49(12):1916-1924. doi: 10.1038/s41386-024-01908-0. Epub 2024 Jul 1. PMID: 38956176

Piazza MK, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. Ketamine induced synaptic plasticity operates independently of long-term potentiation. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Oct;49(11):1758-1766. doi: 10.1038/s41386-024-01895-2. Epub 2024 Jun 19. PMID: 38898206

Wang CS, McCarthy CI, Guzikowski NJ, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor scales presynaptic calcium transients to modulate excitatory neurotransmission. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Apr 23;121(17):e2303664121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303664121. Epub 2024 Apr 15. PMID: 38621124

Kim JW, Suzuki K, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. Ketamine: Mechanisms and Relevance to Treatment of Depression. Annu Rev Med. 2024 Jan 29;75:129-143. doi: 10.1146/annurev-med-051322-120608. Epub 2023 Sep 20. PMID: 37729028

Krystal JH, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. Ketamine and rapid antidepressant action: new treatments and novel synaptic signaling mechanisms Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Jan;49(1):41-50. doi: 10.1038/s41386-023-01629-w. Epub 2023 Jul 24. PMID: 37488280

2023

Kim JW, Suzuki K, Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. Bridging rapid and sustained antidepressant effects of ketamine. Trends Mol Med. 2023 May;29(5):364-375. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2023.02.003. Epub 2023 Mar 10. PMID: 36907686

George TP, Monteggia LM. The times they are a-changin’: new co-principal editors at NPP. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023 Jan;48(2):259-260. doi: 10.1038/s41386-022-01476-1. Epub 2022 Oct 15. PMID: 36243770

Kavalali ET, Monteggia LM. Rapid homeostatic plasticity and neuropsychiatric therapeutics. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2023 Jan;48(1):54-60. doi: 10.1038/s41386-022-01411-4. Epub 2022 Aug 22. PMID: 35995973