Vanessa A Quadros

Ketamine modulates aggressive behavior in adult zebrafish.

Neuroscience Letters September 25, 2018 Paula Michelotti, Vanessa A Quadros, Maria E Pereira et al.

Ketamine is a non-competitive glutamatergic antagonist that induces analgesia and anesthesia. Although ketamine displays anxiolytic and antidepressant properties, it may induce pro-psychosis and hallucinogen effects, as well as stereotypic behaviors following acute administration at sub-anesthetic doses. Since heightened aggression is maladaptive and may comorbid with various neuropsychiatric...