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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2018

A Novel, Synthetic, Neuroactive Steroid Is Effective at Decreasing Depression-Like Behaviors and Improving Maternal Care in Preclinical Models of Postpartum Depression.

Laverne Melón, Rebecca Hammond, Mike Lewis, Jamie Maguire

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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37citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laverne MelónTEACRS Program, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Rebecca HammondSAGE Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Mike LewisSAGE Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, United States.
Jamie MaguireNeuroscience Department, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Sage Therapeutics (United States) · USTufts University · US

Funding

Training in Education and Critical Research SkillsK12GM074869 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MOORE, CLAIRE L · 2006 to 2017
$8.5M
Investigating the pathological consequences of seizure-induced activation of the HPA axisR01NS102937 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Jamie Lynn Maguire · 2017 to 2026
$4.2M
Investigating GABAergic control of the HPA axis in the co-morbidity of depressionR01NS073574 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MAGUIRE, JAMIE LYNN · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM074869NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS073574NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102937NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS073574
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preclinical testing of treatments for postpartum depression (PPD) has been limited due to the lack of available animal models of such a complex disorder. To address this limitation, our laboratory has generated unique preclinical mouse models that exhibit abnormal postpartum behaviors. Mice with a loss or reduction in the expression of the GABA

Indexed as

benzodiazepine (BDZ)HPA axisKCC2 = potassium chloride cotransporter 2neurosteroidspostpartum depression (PPD)

Identifiers

PMID30532739
PMCPMC6265503
OpenAlexW2901133723

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