Saelens, Johan https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5556-1808
Gramser, Anna
Watzal, Victoria https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7252-7130
Zarate, Carlos A. Jr. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4442-7412
Lanzenberger, Rupert https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4641-9539
Kraus, Christoph https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7144-2282
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (ZIAMH002857)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2024
Revised: 9 December 2024
Accepted: 13 December 2024
First Online: 30 December 2024
Competing interests
: Dr. Kraus received honoraria from Janssen and LivaNova, as well as travel support from Roche Austria and AOP Orphan. Dr. Lanzenberger received investigator-initiated research funding from Siemens Healthcare regarding clinical research using PET/MR and travel grants and/or conference speaker honoraria from Janssen-Cilag Pharma GmbH in 2023, and Bruker BioSpin, Shire, AstraZeneca, Lundbeck A/S, Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH, Orphan Pharmaceuticals AG, Janssen-Cilag Pharma GmbH, Heel and Roche Austria GmbH., and Janssen-Cilag Pharma GmbH in the years before 2020. He is a shareholder of the start-up company BM Health GmbH, Austria since 2019. Dr. Zarate is listed as a co-inventor on a patent for the use of ketamine in major depression and suicidal ideation; as a co-inventor on a patent for the use of (2 R,6 R)-hydroxynorketamine, (S)-dehydronorketamine, and other stereoisomeric dehydroxylated and hydroxylated metabolites of (R,S)-ketamine metabolites in the treatment of depression and neuropathic pain; and as a co-inventor on a patent application for the use of (2 R,6 R)-hydroxynorketamine and (2S,6S)-hydroxynorketamine in the treatment of depression, anxiety, anhedonia, suicidal ideation, and post-traumatic stress disorders. He has assigned his patent rights to the U.S. government but will share a percentage of any royalties that may be received by the government. All other authors have no conflict of interest to disclose, financial or otherwise.