A drug used to treat high blood pressure and prostate enlargement, Prazosin, can be used to guard the brain from any possible damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia.
The drug that is prescribed as an antipsychotic medication has the ability to block the increase of glucocorticoids, the steroid [...]
June 21, 2010 | Posted in
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A recent research in rats by scientists at the Emory University School of Medicine, the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, and Atlanta’s Center for Behavioral Neuroscience revealed that a steroid hormone that is released at the time of metabolism of the female sex hormone (progesterone) has an ability to minimize response of the brain to [...]
August 20, 2009 | Posted in
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Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone produced by the adrenal cortex. It is usually referred to as the “stress hormone”. It is involved when the body is under stress or anxiety. It increases blood pressure and blood sugar and reduces immune responses. It also has other functions such as converting fat, carbohydrate and protein into energy. [...]
July 30, 2009 | Posted in
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