Roughly one in ten Americans suffers from major depressive disorder (MDD) at any given time. In total, up to 20 percent of people will deal with its symptoms at some point in their lives. Despite its ...

Almost two years have passed since the tragic death of Friends actor Matthew Perry. In a most recent development, one of the ...

Ketamine is a highly effective, fast-acting antidepressant that works even for patients who have not responded to other ...

Increasing the dose causes ketamine to spill over from the grooves into the pore and begin to block synaptic currents, initiating the anesthetic effect.” says Popescu. Popescu’s co-authors in the ...

A single dose of ketamine, when paired with a compound like BCI, could potentially offer relief for up to two months. That’s a huge leap from the current window of just a few days.