Treatment of compulsive behaviour in eating disorders with intermittent ketamine infusions

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 493-503

  Mills, I H ^b,c   Park, G R ^a   Manara, A R ^a   Merriman, R J ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NALMEFENE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG MECHANISM; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0031866753     PISSN: 00335622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/91.7.493     Document Type: Article

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