Anxious moments for the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B.

Trends Neurosci

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address:

Published: August 2015

Chronic stress can lead to the development of anxiety and mood disorders. Thus, novel therapies for preventing adverse effects of stress are vitally important. Recently, the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B was identified as a novel regulator of stress-induced anxiety. This opens up exciting opportunities to exploit PTP1B inhibitors as anxiolytics.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530058PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.06.006DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

protein tyrosine
8
tyrosine phosphatase
8
phosphatase ptp1b
8
anxious moments
4
moments protein
4
ptp1b chronic
4
chronic stress
4
stress lead
4
lead development
4
development anxiety
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!