Posted by linkadge on August 7, 2006, at 21:03:31
In reply to Drug 'treats depression in hours'., posted by JahL on August 7, 2006, at 20:19:00
Other NMDA antagonists have antidepressant effects too. Zinc, and Magnesium are acutely active in the forced swim test in mice, wheras antidepressants often take weeks to exert any kind of effect on immobility.
Many researchers think that even monoamine based antidepressants are actually exerting their effect via alteration in NMDA receptors.
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