"K-Powder" Exposure during Adolescence Elicits Psychiatric Disturbances Associated with Oxidative Stress in Female Rats

• Main Authors: Sabrina de Carvalho Cartágenes (Author), Cinthia Cristina Sousa de Menezes da Silveira (Author), Bruno Gonçalves Pinheiro (Author), Luanna Melo Pereira Fernandes (Author), Sarah Viana Farias (Author), Natália Harumi Correa Kobayashi (Author), Pablo Henrique Franco Santos de Souza (Author), Alejandro Ferraz do Prado (Author), Maria Karolina Martins Ferreira (Author), Rafael Rodrigues Lima (Author), Edivaldo Herculano Correa de Oliveira (Author), Francisco Canindé Ferreira de Luna (Author), Rommel Mário Rodríguez Burbano (Author), Enéas Andrade Fontes-Júnior (Author), Cristiane do Socorro Ferraz Maia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ketamine, also called 'K-powder' by abusers, an analog of phencyclidine, primarily acts as an antagonist of N-methyl-D-aspartic acid (NMDA) receptors, therapeutically used as an anesthetic agent. Ketamine also stimulates the limbic system, inducing hallucinations and dissociative effects....