Ketamine cultivates new nerve cell connections in mice
Helping the regrowth of synapses may be the key to the drug’s antidepressant effects

LINKING UP Ketamine may work by encouraging nerve cells (illustrated) in the brain to make new connections, a mouse study finds.
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