Depression & Ketamine
 

Depression & Ketamine

Not that any of you need my encouragement for your experiments. And remember, oxytocin will probably be the next big wave for attachment disorders...

JimB

"LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have unraveled how a horse tranquilizer and hallucinogenic night club drug known as "Special K" can ease depression, researchers said on Friday.

"Ketamine, which can also cause feelings of detachment, could pave the way for new treatments for people suffering from depression, the researchers added.

"Their study, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, found ketamine restores to normal the orbifrontal cortex, an area of the brain located above the eyes that is overactive in depressed people."

More at: http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...rpc=22&sp=true