Brain damages in ketamine addicts as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging
Frontiers in Neuroanatomy May 22, 2014 Chunmei Ewang, Dong Ezheng, Jie Exu et al. 123 citations
Ketamine, a known antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartic (NMDA) glutamate receptors, had been used as an anesthetic particularly for pediatric or for cardiac patients. Unfortunately, ketamine has become an abusive drug in many parts of the world while chronic and prolonged usage led to damages of many organs including the brain. However, no studies on possible damages in the brains induced by...