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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2025

Neuroactive Steroids as Novel Promising Drugs in Therapy of Postpartum Depression-Focus on Zuranolone.

Jolanta B Zawilska, Ewa Zwierzyńska

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Jolanta B ZawilskaDepartment of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Łódź, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3696-2389
Ewa ZwierzyńskaDepartment of Pharmacodynamics, Medical University of Łódź, Muszyńskiego 1, 90-151 Łódź, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8713-2580

Funding

Medical University of Lodz 503/3-011-01/503-31-001Nara Medical University 503/3-011-01/503-31-001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postpartum depression (PPD) remains a significant health concern worldwide. Both non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments are available for patients with PPD; however, the standard approach involving selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and other antidepressants fails to provide a rapid response. This narrative review presents basic clinical and epidemiological data on PPD, summarizes currently used pharmacotherapies of PPD, highlights their limitations, and discusses new therapies based on a revised understanding of the disease's pathogenesis. Numerous studies indicate that dysregulation of GABAergic neurotransmission, which may result from fluctuating levels of neuroactive steroids during pregnancy and the postpartum period, plays an important role in the complex pathology of PPD. Considering this, neuroactive steroids, which act as positive allosteric modulators of central GABA

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Antidepressive AgentsDepression, PostpartumNeurosteroidsAnimalsbeta-CyclodextrinsDrug CombinationsFemaleHumansPregnancyPregnanesPregnanoloneReceptors, GABA-AAntidepressive Agentsbeta-CyclodextrinsbrexanoloneDrug CombinationsNeurosteroidsPregnanesPregnanoloneReceptors, GABA-AallopregnanoloneantidepressantsbrexanoloneGABAneuroactive steroidspharmacotherapypostpartum depressionzuranolone

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PMID40650321
PMCPMC12250597

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