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July 2, 2023

Lumateperone Normalizes Pathological Levels of Acute Inflammation and Stimulates Important Pathways Involved in Mood Regulation

Highlights from Posters Presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Meeting, April 27-29, 2023 in San Diego

Sophie Dutheil of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. reported that “In male and female C57BL/6 mice subjected to an acute stress or immune challenge, lumateperone reduced elevated levels of key proinflammatory cytokines. A number of key genes and pathways associated with the maintenance of tissue integrity and blood-brain barrier function were also altered by a single dose of lumateperone. Furthermore, we found that lumateperone administration conferred anxiolytic- and antianhedonic-like properties while enhancing the mTORC1 signaling pathway in the PFC.”