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Breakthrough: New Molecular Strategy Extends Ketamine's Antidepressant Effects for Weeks!

2025-05-12

Author: Wei Ling

Revolutionary Findings from Vanderbilt University!

In a groundbreaking study from Vanderbilt University, researchers have discovered a molecular method that could dramatically prolong the antidepressant effects of ketamine in mice, extending its efficacy for up to eight weeks! This innovative approach involves a compound called BCI, which inhibits DUSP6 to maintain ERK pathway activation.

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