Ketamine and Depression: A Breakthrough?

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By Neuroskeptic
May 7, 2016 1:17 PMNov 20, 2019 5:04 AM

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In recent years there has been great research interest in ketamine as an antidepressant. Ketamine, a drug better-known for its use as an anaesthetic (and a recreational drug in lower doses) is claimed to have powerful, rapid-acting antidepressant effects, even in depressed patients who have not responded to more conventional drugs. However, its mechanism of action remains unclear. Now,

in a major new Nature paper

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