Study offers insight on how a new class of antidepressants works

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 12:00 in Health & Medicine

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 »

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