Study shows how 'horse tranquiliser' stops depression
Friday, May 2, 2008 - 14:56
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers have shown exactly how the anaesthetic ketamine helps depression with images that show the orbitofrontal cortex - the part of the brain that is overactive in depression - being ‘switched off`.
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