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Comparing Effects of Ketamine and Thiopental Administration During Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder

Abolghasem Yoosefi, Amir Sasan Sepehri, Mona Kargar, Shahin Akhondzadeh, Majid Sadeghi, Ali Rafei, Abbas Alimadadi, Padideh Ghaeli

Journal of Ect · 2013 · 97 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Ketamine administration during ECT is well tolerated and patients may experience earlier improvement in depressive symptoms, longer seizure duration, and better cognitive performance when compared with thiopental.

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Safety and Efficacy of Repeated-Dose Intravenous Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Marije aan het Rot, Katherine A. Collins, James W. Murrough et al. · Biological Psychiatry · 2009 · 682 citations

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Acute administration of ketamine induces antidepressant-like effects in the forced swimming test and increases BDNF levels in the rat hippocampus

Lêda Soares Brandão Garcia, Clarissa M. Comim, Samira S. Valvassori et al. · Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · 2007 · 453 citations

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Involvement of AMPA receptor in both the rapid and sustained antidepressant-like effects of ketamine in animal models of depression

Hiroyuki Koike, Michihiko Iijima, Shigeyuki Chaki · Behavioural Brain Research · 2011 · 336 citations

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Safety of sedation with ketamine in severe head injury patients: Comparison with sufentanil

Aurélie Bourgoin, J. Albanèse, N. Wereszczynski et al. · Critical Care Medicine · 2003 · 261 citations

Anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like properties of ketamine in behavioral and neurophysiological animal models

Elif Engin, Dallas Treit, Clayton T. Dickson · Neuroscience · 2009 · 208 citations

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