Repurposing Ketamine in Depression and Related Disorders: Can This Enigmatic Drug Achieve Success?
Frontiers in Neuroscience April 30, 2021 E. Carboni, A. Carta, Elena Carboni et al. 28 citations
Repurposing ketamine in the therapy of depression could well represent a breakthrough in understanding the etiology of depression. Ketamine was originally used as an anesthetic drug and later its use was extended to other therapeutic applications such as analgesia and the treatment of addiction. At the same time, the abuse of ketamine as a recreational drug has generated a concern for its...