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This research was supported by NIH grant R01 NS070715.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 806 West Franklin Street, P.O. Box 842018, Richmond, VA, 23284, USA

    Todd M. Hillhouse & Joseph H. Porter

  2. Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Virginia Commonwealth University, 410 North 12th Street, P.O. Box 980613, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA

    S. Stevens Negus

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Hillhouse, T.M., Porter, J.H. & Negus, S.S. Reply to: Rapid antidepressant effects and abuse liability of ketamine. Psychopharmacology 231, 2043–2044 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-014-3544-z

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