Gatekeeper of Brain Steroid Signals Boosts Emotional Resilience to Stress, University of Pennsylvania Study

A cellular protein called HDAC6, newly characterized as a gatekeeper of steroid biology in the brain, may provide a novel target for treating and preventing stress-linked disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

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