Ketamine for the treatment of major depressive disorder and bipolar depression: A review of the literature.
Mental Health Clinician January 2017 Sarah E Grady, Travis A Marsh, Allison Tenhouse et al.
Over the past decade, ketamine has been studied for major depressive disorder and bipolar depression. Ketamine is believed to exert its antidepressant properties through N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonism. Study authors completed a literature review of seven randomized controlled trials of ketamine usage in major depressive disorder and bipolar depression. Ketamine demonstrated a...
DOI: 10.9740/mhc.2017.01.016 (opens in new tab)
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Ketamine
Nmda antagonist
Bipolar depression