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Boost Your Biology with Lucas Aoun

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The Effects of NMDA Antagonism on Memory Formation

Ketamine by its nature of depressing the synaptic um NMDA receptors which is simultaneously what makes it such a strong antidepressant. It would also be causing the formation of memories that are not necessarily correct because you changed the whole dynamic basically of how memories are formed and kind of been creating so many new memories through that enhanced AMPA expression. You created a new reality of what you would think and what you would find normal so it creates a barren behavior psychotic symptoms and uh manic episodes.

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