Researchers Commercialize New Depression Treatment

Published March 30, 2014

Researchers commercialize new depression treatment
Rather than acting on the brain's levels of serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine — the neurotransmitters most often affected by antidepressant medications — ketamine regulates levels of a neurotransmitter called glutamate. Coric said this finding …
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Father develops Stiff Person Syndrome and is 'turning into living statue'
He said SPS is caused by the malfunction of neurotransmitters in the spinal cord, which lead to uncontrollable nerve activity, causing muscle spasms. Professor Willison added: 'In its most severe form, the symptoms that can occur in SPS can be so …
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Sensing gravity with acid: Scientists discover a role for protons in …
This nonquantal transmission is unusual and, for low-frequency stimuli like gravity, is more energy efficient than traditional synapses in which chemical neurotransmitters are packaged in vesicles and released quantally. The calyx nerve terminal has a …
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