A Northwestern professor says she may have found a way to help those afflicted by post-traumatic stress disorder, a mental condition which affects about 8 million Americans from soldiers to abuse victims.
Jelena Radulovic, a professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, has discovered drug compounds that can help prevent the development of PTSD in mice if injected within five hours after initial stress.
Clinical literature demonstrates that people who have had stress previously in their lives have a much higher rate of developing PTSD if they experience a traumatic event, like a car accident, later in life, said Natalie Tronson, a post-doctoral fellow in Radulovic's laboratory.
By Vasiliki Mitrakos
Northwestern professor works on cure for PTSD - The Daily Northwestern - Campus
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