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Newsletter: Ketamine and BDNF what’s the connection
Glutamatergic Neurotransmission: Pathway to Developing Novel Rapid-Acting Antidepressant Treatments
Bashkim Kadriu, Laura Musazzi, Ioline D Henter, Morgan Graves, Maurizio Popoli, Carlos A Zarate, Jr International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, Volume 22, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 119–135, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijnp/pyy094 Abstract The underlying...
Mayo Clinic Minute: How esketamine can help severe depression
May 7, 2019 Millions of people struggle with clinical depression. The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a medication to help those suffering with this serious mental health issue. Unlike other antidepressants, Dr. Jennifer Vande Voort, a Mayo Clinic...
A New Antidepressant Is Available In Canada
Ketamine. You may know it as an anaesthetic used during surgery—or as a party drug from a club night long ago. Turns out, the mind-altering medication is also incredibly effective at treating depression, and now there’s a version you can legally put up your nose....
Ketamine for Depression: The Most Important Advance in Field in 50 Years?
By Maia Szalavitz@maiaszOct. 05, 2012 In a new review in Science, the authors call the identification of the anesthetic and “club drug” ketamine as a rapid treatment for depression “arguably the most important discovery in half a century” of research on the condition....