2-Minute Neuroscience: Ketamine

By Neuroscientifically Challenged Editorial Team May 15, 2021

Ketamine is an anesthetic, analgesic, antidepressant, and recreationally used drug. In this video, I discuss hypotheses about how ketamine produces its effects.

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