Ketamine

Ketamine

by Bita Moghaddam
Ketamine

Ketamine

by Bita Moghaddam

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Overview

The emergence of ketamine—previously known as a combat anesthetic and club drug—as a treatment for depression.

Ketamine, approved in 2019 by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of depression, has been touted by scientists and media reports as something approaching a miracle cure. This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series chronicles the ascent of a drug that has been around for fifty years—in previous incarnations, a Vietnam-era combat anesthetic and a popular club drug—that has now been reinvented as a treatment for depression. Bita Moghaddam, a leading researcher in neuropharmacology, explains the scientific history and the biology of ketamine, its clinical use, and its recently discovered antidepressant effects, for the nonspecialist reader.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780262542241
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 02/16/2021
Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
Pages: 208
Sales rank: 1,076,642
Product dimensions: 4.90(w) x 6.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bita Moghaddam is a leading researcher in the field of neuropsychopharmacology. She is Ruth Matarazzo Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword ix

Preface xi

1 The Molecule Ketamine 1

2 Uses of Ketamine 17

3 Neuroscience of Ketamine 31

4 Ketamine as an Antidepressant 65

5 How Does Ketamine Produce Antidepressant Effects? 101

6 Safety Concerns with Ketamine and Esketamine 121

7 Where Do We Go from Here? 141

Acknowledgments 155

Glossary 157

Notes 161

Further Reading 177

Index 179

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