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Valproate, valproic acid, and sodium butyrate affect histone deacetylase, which might help rejuvenate brain plasticity. See also: * http://onlinelibrary.wiley.
by thangalin 12y ago
Valproate, valproic acid, and sodium butyrate affect histone deacetylase, which might help rejuvenate brain plasticity. See also:
* http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07261.x/abstract;jsessionid=CED43539E0637410DE55806D431EFDB2.f03t02 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010....
* http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24831-learning-drugs-reawaken-grownup-brains-inner-child.html#.VLLa_l2Yp_J http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn24831-learning-drugs-r...
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleability_of_intelligence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleability_of_intelligence
- DanBC 12y agoValproate is used as an anti-epileptic and as a mood stabiliser. There are some risks of PCOS for women, but those risks have never been explained properly to me.
- derefr 12y agoThe connection that immediately leaps to mind is the role of dopamine in inhibiting prolactin—if you have a slight hormone production imbalance on the thyroid/pituitary axis, decreasing dopamine production (and thus increasing prolactin) could exacerbate it.
- scythe 12y agoValproate causes massive weight gain. It likely exacerbates any conditions (incl. PCOS) associated with obesity.