The other side of progestins: effects in the brain.

@article{Giatti2016TheOS,
  title={The other side of progestins: effects in the brain.},
  author={Silvia Giatti and Roberto Cosimo Melcangi and Marzia Pesaresi},
  journal={Journal of molecular endocrinology},
  year={2016},
  volume={57 2},
  pages={
          R109-26
        }
}
Progestins are a broad class of progestational agents widely differing in their chemical structures and pharmacological properties. Despite emerging data suggest that progestins, besides their action as endometrial protection, can also have multiple nonreproductive functions, much remains to be discovered regarding the actions exerted by these molecules in the nervous system. Here, we report the role exerted by different progestins, currently used for contraception or in postmenopausal hormone… 
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