How ketamine helps to overcome depression.
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Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25497432.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.05418 and PMC identifier 4264404.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Genetically modified mice shed new light on how ketamine can target NMDA receptors in the brain to reduce the symptoms of depression.
Medical subject headings
- Antidepressive Agents
- Behavior, Animal
- Depression
- Ketamine
- Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate