"A healthy neuron looks like a tree in spring, with lots of branches and leaves extending toward synaptic connections with other neurons. What happens in depression is there's a shriveling of these branches and these leaves and it looks like a tree in winter. And a drug like ketamine makes the tree look like one back in spring." - Carlos Zarate from the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program at NIMH Source: npr.org/sections/health-shots/2012/10/04/162299564/ketamine-relieves-depression-by-restoring-brain-connections #ivketamineinfusions #functionalmedicine #mentalhealthmatters Image by Carl Schoonover, published by Abrams