Ketamine binding pattern (IMAGE)

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Ketamine binding pattern

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It’s been theorized that ketamine works by blocking a brain receptor called GluN1-2B-2D. Here, we see one of the many ways the drug’s chemical molecules (yellow) can bind to a specific part (the gray web) of the brain receptor.

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Furukawa lab/CSHL

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