Potential Neuroprotective Response Induced By Antidepressant Drug

The production of new neurons in the adult normal cortex in response to the antidepressant, fluoxetine, is reported in a study published online in Neuropsychopharmacology. The research team, which is based at the Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, Aichi, has previously demonstrated that neural progenitor cells exist at the surface of the adult cortex, and, moreover, that ischemia enhances the generation of new inhibitory neurons from these neural progenitor cells. These cells were accordingly named "Layer 1 Inhibitory Neuron Progenitor cells" (L1-INP)...
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