Cortical Mechanisms Contributing to Ketamine-Induced Dissociation
The Neuroscientist December 26, 2025 Kallol Bera, Loren L. Looger, Alex Proekt et al. 5 citations
Ketamine is a unique anesthetic agent that induces dissociative anesthesia, characterized by perceptual detachment, analgesia, and altered states of consciousness. Beyond its widespread use in anesthesia, subhypnotic ketamine dosing has emerged as a rapid-acting antidepressant and a valuable model for probing the neural mechanisms underlying consciousness and neuropsychiatric disorders. At the...