Effects of Progesterone and Other Gonadal Hormones on Glutamatergic Circuits in the Retina

CONCLUSIONS: Progesterone, but not estrogen or testosterone, activated glutamate release in the mouse retina. Increases in the concentration of progesterone during pregnancy did not induce any detectable change in retinal thickness.PMID:37690823 | DOI:10.1272/jnms.JNMS.2023_90-405

Source: Journal of Nippon Medical School - September 10, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Mahito Ohkuma Takuma Maruyama Toshiyuki Ishii Nozomi Igarashi Keiko Azuma Tatsuya Inoue Ryo Obata Ei-Ichi Miyachi Makoto Kaneda Source Type: research