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PubMed Neuroscience

A Stress Drug Erases Memory Loss — But Only If You're Female

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Imagine acute stress hitting your brain like a power surge that scrambles your hippocampus. Memantine steadies the electrical chaos — but the wiring damage differs between men and women, and the fix is different too.

This means stress-related memory problems might have sex-specific solutions, and it's a reminder that "one size fits all" medicine often fails women.


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