Repurposing Ketamine in Depression and Related Disorders: Can This Enigmatic Drug Achieve Success?
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...
Main Authors: | Ezio Carboni, Anna R. Carta, Elena Carboni, Antonello Novelli |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-04-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2021.657714/full |
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