Can Ketamine Relieve Pain Without Altering Consciousness?

A new TAU study reveals that ketamine’s pain-relieving effects and its influence on consciousness involve separate brain mechanisms, opening possibilities for future treatments with fewer psychological side effects. תוכן: A new brain imaging study in humans, led by Tel Aviv University’s Institute for Psychedelic Research in collaboration with TAU-affiliated Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov), has found that ketamine can relieve pain independently of the sense of dissociation it produces. Dissociation is a feeling of detachment from oneself, one’s body, or one’s surroundings.