257. The neuroscience of ketamine and it's effects on depression
Why is Ketamine being used to treat depression and anhedonia? In this science-y episode I'm going through the neuroscience of Ketamine and the brain, the chemical makeup of the drug, and why it's being used in many trials to treat people with treatment resistant depression and anhedonia.
BRAIN FACT:
ECT therapy – what is It, how does it work, what type of mental disorders is it used as a treatment for. Read more about ECT from the Mayo Clinic https://mayocl.in/3sfPN9W .
EXTRA READING
Read Understanding Anhedonia https://bit.ly/anhedonia-explained .
Mandal S, Sinha VK, Goyal N. Efficacy of…
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