Recent advances in the study of anesthesia-and analgesia-related mechanisms of S-ketamine

• Main Authors: Jian-shun Zhou (Author), Guan-fa Peng (Author), Wei-dong Liang (Author), Zhen Chen (Author), Ying-ying Liu (Author), Bing-yu Wang (Author), Ming-ling Guo (Author), Yun-ling Deng (Author), Jun-ming Ye (Author), Mao-lin Zhong (Author), Li-feng Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ketamine is a racemic mixture of equal amounts of R-ketamine and S-ketamine and is well known to anesthesiologists for its unique dissociative anesthetic properties. The pharmacological properties of ketamine, namely, its sympathetic excitation, mild respiratory depression, and potent analgesia, are...