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Laughing Gas: An Old Drug's New Trick to Fight Depression

Nitrous oxide--better known as "laughing gas"--can 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.

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