Potential Pathways Involved in the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of Nitrous Oxide
Biological Psychiatry July 1, 2015 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.04.007 via Semantic Scholar
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractNitrous oxide shows promise as a rapid-acting antidepressant, and studies investigating such agents are important for understanding the neurobiology of mood disorders and developing improved treatments. The article discusses research on nitrous oxide's antidepressant effects, highlighting its potential to provide insights into the mechanisms of rapid-acting antidepressants.
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| Keywords | Medicine Psychology Biology Chemistry |
| Key finding | Nitrous oxide is investigated as a potential rapid-acting antidepressant agent. |
Abstract
Studies that evaluate agents with potentially rapid antidepres-sant effects are critical to developing new, improved treat-ments for major mood disorders. In particular, such studiesmay offer key insights into the mechanism of action of rapid-acting antidepressants as well as the neurobiology of mooddisorders (1). In their excellent article published in this issue ofBiological Psychiatry, Nagele et al. (2) investigated the anti-depressant effects of nitrous oxide (N