Maguire and Mody’s report, GABAA R Plasticity during Pregnancy: Relevance to Postpartum Depression, in the July 2008, Neuron, provides evidence that an abnormal Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABAA) receptor subunit in pregnant mice may be a useful model for postpartum depression.  The report describes how GABAA receptors, specifically, the delta-subunit-containing GABA receptor, are a preferred target for [...]