Emergence of Ketamine as a Rapid Acting Antidepressant: Mechanistic Insights and Future Directions
Ketamine Revisited - New Insights into NMDA Inhibitors September 14, 2022 Atamjit Singh, Preet Mohinder Singh Bedi
Ketamine is a phencyclidine derivative and N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, widely popular as a dissociative anesthetic. Its use as an anesthetic in humans was progressively fallen out due to its associated adverse effects and the emergence of newer and safer anesthetics. In recent few decades, various reports related to its efficacy in the treatment of resistant depression with...