Ketamine as an alternative treatment for treatment-resistant depression

Perspect Psychiatr Care. 2013 Jan;49(1):2-4. doi: 10.1111/ppc.12006. Epub 2012 Dec 30.

Authors

Jonathan S Dowben¹, Joan S Grant, Norman L Keltner

Affiliation

¹ nkeltner@uab.edu

PMID: 23293991
DOI: 10.1111/ppc.12006

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antidepressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy*
Bipolar Disorder / nursing*
Brain / drug effects*
Depressive Disorder, Major / drug therapy*
Depressive Disorder, Major / nursing*
Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant / drug therapy*
Depressive Disorder, Treatment-Resistant / nursing*
Drug Therapy, Combination
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / adverse effects
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Ketamine / adverse effects
Ketamine / therapeutic use*
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate / antagonists & inhibitors*
Synapses / drug effects
Synaptic Transmission / drug effects

Substances

Antidepressive Agents
Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists
Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate
Ketamine