'Neurosteroid' found to prevent brain injury caused by HIV/AIDS

Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 13:30 in Health & Medicine

Scientists found that DHEA-S may prevent neurocognitive impairment affecting a significant percentage of AIDS patients. A new report describes how a network of steroid molecules in the brain, termed "neurosteroids," is disrupted during HIV infection leading to brain damage.

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