Study offers insight on how a new class of antidepressants works

The experimental drugs target brain cells’ ability to respond to the chemical messenger glutamate, however, it has been unclear how they work. The recent discovery of a molecular amplification system helps explain how the drugs alter signaling in particular neurons to achieve an antidepressant effect. More »
Source: The Rockefeller University Newswire - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Tags: Science News depression Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience neurosciences and behavior p11 Paul Greengard Yong Kim Source Type: news