Key brain signaling mechanism for rapidly acting antidepressants

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

Two years ago, mammalian target of rapamycin or mTOR, a signaling protein, was identified as a key mediator of the antidepressant effects of ketamine, the first rapidly acting antidepressant medication to be identified.

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