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Ketamine disinhibits dendrites and enhances calcium signals in prefrontal dendritic spines

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Targeting Homeostatic Synaptic Plasticity for Treatment of Mood Disorders

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A Dendrite-Focused Framework for Understanding the Actions of Ketamine and Psychedelics

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Optogenetic stimulation of medial prefrontal cortex Drd1 neurons produces rapid and long-lasting antidepressant effects

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Glutamate induces de novo growth of functional spines in developing cortex

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mTOR-Dependent Synapse Formation Underlies the Rapid Antidepressant Effects of NMDA Antagonists

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