by Jon Hamilton Posted on NPR.ORG April 11, 2019 The anesthetic ketamine can relieve depression in hours and keep it at bay for a week or more. Now scientists have found hints about how ketamine works in the brain. In mice, the drug appears to quickly improve the...
AbstractStress is a potent etiological factor in the onset of major depressive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Therefore, significant efforts have been made to identify factors that produce resilience to the outcomes of a later stressor, in hopes of...
Expert tips for when grief, family issues or distance from loved ones make the holidays unbearable.The holidays are about being with your loved ones and celebrating with friends and family. But this time of the year can also be challenging for people who have...
Cao Z, Lin CT, Ding W, Chen MH, Li CT, Su TP.AbstractThis study explores the responses to ketamine in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) using a wearable forehead electroencephalography (EEG) device. We recruited 55 outpatients with TRD who were...
A new study suggests that ketamine, an increasingly popular treatment for depression, has something in common with drugs like fentanyl and oxycodone.The small study found evidence that ketamine’s effectiveness with depression, demonstrated in many small studies over...
This study from the National Institute of Health shows that “ketamine reduces compulsive behaviors in rats, showing effect in the orbitofrontal area”.AbstractS-ketamine reduces marble burying behaviour in rats: Involvement of ventromedial orbitofrontal...