New research led by neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine suggests the prolonged antidepressant effects of allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid used therapeutically to treat postpartum depression, may involve the ability of the compound to modify communication in an area of the brain important for mood and emotion regulation.
Researchers find a mechanism that explains the long-lasting effects of allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid used therapeutically to treat postpartum depression.
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