How Blocking DUSP6 Extends Ketamine’s Antidepressant Effect to Months
How Scientists Turned a Brief Ketamine High into a Two-Month Antidepressant Effect TL;DR: Blocking DUSP6 protein alongside ketamine extends antidepressant effects from 2 weeks to 4+ weeks in mice, potentially offering single-dose treatment instead of repeated infusions. Ketamine works like almost nothing else in psychiatry. A single infusion can lift severe depression within hours, even …
