Stress study offers clues for new antidepressant drugs

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Stress study offers clues for new antidepressant drugs

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/stress-study-offers-clues-antidepressant-drugs-191030790.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mUrABfIu.MlsPuUMalwa9g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-05-06T191030Z_1_CBRE9451H9M00_RTROPTP_2_BRAINS-EXHIBITION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Plaster phrenological models of heads, showing different parts of the brain, are seen at an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London" align="left" title="Plaster phrenological models of heads, showing different parts of the brain, are seen at an exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London" border="0" /></a>By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have worked out the way in which stress hormones reduce the number of new brain cells - a process linked to depression - and say their work should help researchers develop more effective antidepressants. The scientists identified a protein largely responsible for the long-term detrimental effect of stress on cells. They also successfully used an experimental drug compound to block this effect, pointing to a possible way of developing new antidepressants, the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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