Ketamine relieves pain without 'disconnecting' consciousness, study finds

An imaging survey successful humans led by Tel Aviv University's Institute for Psychedelic Research, successful collaboration with TAU-affiliated Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov), recovered that the symptom alleviation provided by ketamine does not effect from the consciousness of dissociation—a detachment from oneself, assemblage oregon surroundings, induced by the drug. The findings, indicating that symptom alleviation and the effect connected consciousness are based connected antithetic encephalon mechanisms, whitethorn assistance successful processing treatments that supply the benefits of ketamine portion reducing its intelligence broadside effects.