Researchers have finally managed to understand the molecular mechanism in the brain that causes the surgical aesthetic and recreational drug ketamine to function as a rapid antidepressant. Traditional antidepressants work over weeks, creating new neurons, while rapid antidepressants reactivate existing connections. ThePrint’s Sandhya Ramesh explains how these drugs do this.
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Supplementary reading:
Rawat et al., Nature Communications (2022). Ketamine activates adult-born immature granule neurons to rapidly alleviate depression-like behaviors in mice www.nature.com...
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