Researchers at Monash Faculty
of Biomedical and Psychological
Sciences studying the oestrogen
receptor GPER found that blocking
it in males up to four hours after a
stroke could alleviate symptoms,
while triggering it in older women
could protect from the effects.
Monash said it was the first time a
drug with this potential in a genderspecific
manner had been found
and was considered “a significant
breakthrough in stroke research.”
The results were published in
Stroke.
Associate professor Chris Sobey
said it was conceivable that a postmenopausal
woman presenting
with a stroke would be treated by
stimulating the receptor through a
target drug while a similarly aged
man would receive a GPER blocker.
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