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June 01, 2006
Study: Prozac Triggers New Brain Cell Growth
A possible connection between Prozac and brain cell growth.
The researchers decided to look at how the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants — the widely used class of drugs that includes Celexa, Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft — might spur brain cell growth. To do so, they tracked the way in which stem cells — undifferentiated cells that can grow into specialized cells — became neurons in a special mouse model given the antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine).
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Posted on June 1, 2006 07:42 PM by antide275.
Filed in Mental Health Update under antidepressants.
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