Investigators at Monash University Publish New Data on Menopause

2011 JUN 9 -- Research findings, "Oestrogen: an overlooked mediator in the neuropsychopharmacology of treatment response," are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Prahran, Australia, "Major depression (MD) and anorexia nervosa (AN) often present comorbidly and both share some affective symptoms, despite obvious phenotypic differences. In the illness phase, pathophysiological evidence indicates similar abnormalities in both clinical groups including dysfunction in the serotonin (5-HT) system (of which some abnormalities persist following recovery) and between 60% and 80% of patients in both groups present with significant hyperactivity of the...

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