Ketamine cultivates new nerve cell connections in mice
Helping the regrowth of synapses may be the key to the drug’s antidepressant effects
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LINKING UP Ketamine may work by encouraging nerve cells (illustrated) in the brain to make new connections, a mouse study finds.
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