...the effects of ketamine suggest that depression isn’t caused - TopicsExpress



          

...the effects of ketamine suggest that depression isn’t caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, as is believed by most neuropsychologist, but by damage to brain cells caused by chronic stress. Ketamine is said to stimulate the process of synaptogenesis (the formation of synapses in the brain), which repairs the damage caused by stress (Zarate 2006, Duman 2012). These findings could eventually become the base for a “synaptogenic hypothesis” of depression (Duman, 2012).
Posted on: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 12:54:34 +0000

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