UB neuroscientists have identified the binding site of low-dose ketamine, providing critical insight into how the medication ...

Although overprescribing can be an issue, doctors warn that overregulating ketamine could reduce access ...

Ketamine is related to the recreational drug phencyclidine (PCP). Studies have found that low doses of ketamine can quickly ...

At the same time, with a growing number of clinics dispensing the psychedelic drug ketamine as a treatment for depression, a vital question arises. Is ketamine a breakthrough, or are so-called ...

Published in September in Molecular Psychiatry, the UB discovery will also help scientists identify how depression originates in the ... on suicidal thoughts during the initial period of treatment.

The struggling psychedelics firm abandoned direct patient care in favor of developing tech for insurance reimbursement and ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University have made a fundamental discovery: the NMDA receptor (NMDAR)—long studied primarily for ...

Prof. Slutsky adds: "We know that ketamine blocks NMDARs, and in 2008, it was FDA-approved as a rapid-acting treatment for depression. Unlike typical antidepressants like Cipralex and Prozac, ketamine ...

Published in September in Molecular Psychiatry, the UB discovery will also help scientists identify how depression originates in the ... on suicidal thoughts during the initial period of treatment.