Drug boosts growth factor to jump-start rapid antidepressant response
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 14:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- A study in mice has pinpointed a pivotal new player in triggering the rapid antidepressant response produced by ketamine. By deactivating a little-known enzyme, the drug takes the brakes off rapid synthesis of a key growth factor thought to lift depression, say researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health.