Involvement of NMDA receptors containing the GluN2C subunit in the psychotomimetic and antidepressant-like effects of ketamine

Abstract Acute ketamine administration evokes rapid and sustained antidepressant effects in treatment-resistant patients. However, ketamine also produces transient perceptual disturbances similarly to those evoked by other non-competitive NMDA-R antagonists like phencyclidine (PCP). Although the bra...

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Main Authors: Mireia Tarrés-Gatius, Lluís Miquel-Rio, Leticia Campa, Francesc Artigas, Anna Castañé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Translational Psychiatry
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-020-01110-y