Antipsychotics increase steroidogenic enzyme gene expression in the rat brainstem.
Katarzyna BogusMałgorzata ŻarczyńskaArtur PałaszAleksandra Suszka-ŚwitekJohn J WorthingtonMarek KrzystanekPiotr ŻarczyńskiPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2021)
The present findings shed new light on the pharmacology of antipsychotics and suggest the existence of possible regulatory interplay between neuroleptic action and steroidogenesis at the level of brainstem neuronal centres.