Ketamine works completely different than conventional psychotropic medications that it acts directly to restore neuroplasticity by creating new pathways in our brain critical to emotional regulation and healthy thought process. Ketamine acts like a sophisticated fertilize of our brain. It accomplishes that by blocking the NMDA receptor in our brain which then causes a surge of a neurotransmitter called glutamate. The surge in glutamate stimulates AMPA receptors causing the release of growth factors like the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BNDF) which ultimately results into dendritic spine formation (neural pathways). The increase in synaptic connections is associated with enhanced neuroplasticity in our brain paving the way to healthier thought patterns and emotional regulation.