Neurosteroids Make Their Deput IN Pain Care

<jats:p>In the year 1981 some neuroscience researchers discovered a group of hormones being made in the brain and spinal cord. Some were also made in the gonads. Initially the scientists didn’t know why the CNS produces these hormones, but they soon learned they are in the CNS to protect, energize, and heal CNS tissues such as nerves and glial cells that may be injured or damaged. They also found that these hormones control pain. They were named neurosteroids because their chemical structure resembled that of the corticosteroids.</jats:p>