How depression and antidepressant drugs work

Treating depression is kind of a guessing game. Trying to find a medication that works without causing side effects can take months, or more likely, years. However, new research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease and brings together two hypotheses for the cause of depression.

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May 22, 2016 | Categories: Biology, Psychology | Tags: behavioral science, medicine, Mental Health Stuff, neurobiology, neurology, peer reviewed, psychology, public health, science | Leave a comment