A new window may be opening on the treatment of chronic PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). Results of a newly published clinical trial suggest that repeated infusions of the drug ketamine over a…
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Researchers have identified cells and circuits in a specific area of the brain that are involved in generating the subjective state called dissociation.
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Although new knowledge about the brain’s reward circuitry has provided insight into the biology of addiction, this has not yet resulted in new treatments. In animal models of addiction, it has been…
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Carefully designed, exquisitely controlled experiments sometimes don't produce the result predicted in advance—the research “hypothesis” that is the starting point for a program of research. That is…
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Researchers led by 2013 BBRF Young Investigator Conor Liston, M.D., Ph.D., have just reported a surprising finding about the drug ketamine, concerning the way it acts on the brain.
Approved many…
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