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Ketamine Lifts Depression Via A Byproduct Of Its Metabolism (Video and Text)

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A team of NIH intramural scientists and grantees traced ketamine’s rapid antidepressant effects to activation of AMPA receptors by a byproduct of its chemical breakdown called (2R,6R)-HNK (above) – a different mechanism than had been previously assumed. NCATS

Bethesda, MD-(ENEWSPF)-  A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks downketaminelikely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and grantees have discovered.  This metabolite singularly reversed…

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