Laughing Gas: An Old Drug鈥檚 New Trick to Fight Depression
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaNitrous oxide鈥攂etter known as "laughing gas"鈥攃an potentially transform treatment for tough-to-beat depression. This centuries-old anesthetic gas targeted specific brain cells in mice and quickly reduced symptoms, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, reported today in Nature Communications.