Andrew Huberman· PhD
What they showed is that ketamine can relieve depressive symptoms rapidly by changing or increasing in this case, the spines on these neurons in the prefrontal cortex.
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What they showed is that ketamine can relieve depressive symptoms rapidly by changing or increasing in this case, the spines on these neurons in the prefrontal cortex.
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Which, by the way, also is what ketamine does, it causes a dendritic spine enlargement.