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November 2010 in “Anticancer Research” Finasteride and dutasteride both increase chromogranin A levels similarly.
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October 2020 in “Brain Research Bulletin” Etifoxine, an anxiety drug, can lessen brain inflammation and cognitive issues in mice, partly by increasing production of protective brain steroids.
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