The findings could also explain why
ketamine acts so quickly.
Not exact matches
Memantine
acts on the same receptors in the brain as fast -
acting ketamine, said Dr. Lisa Monteggia, Professor of Neuroscience.
«What this suggests is that losing Narp doesn't affect the response to the
ketamine, meaning the antidepressant could be
acting through a different mechanism than ECT 3/4 suggesting that there may be multiple ways to treat depression, including unknown pathways that use ECT's mechanism,» says Reti.
«Enhancing AMPA receptor function has been a target for antidepressant drug development for some time; what is novel is that
ketamine may
act in this way.
In the past month alone, studies have been published on the benefits of MDMA (better known as Ecstasy) in people with post-traumatic stress disorder and on the fast -
acting antidepressive effects of the club drug
ketamine (aka «Special K»).