Ketamine and its metabolite, (2R,6R)-HNK, restore hippocampal LTP and long-term spatial memory in the Wistar-Kyoto rat model of depression
Abstract Accumulating evidence implicates dysregulation of hippocampal synaptic plasticity in the pathophysiology of depression. However, the effects of ketamine on synaptic plasticity and their contribution to its mechanism of action as an antidepressant, are still unclear. We investigated ketamine...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | Molecular Brain |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13041-020-00627-z |