The neurons that can put a brake on a nervous-system cancer

TL;DR - A Nature research highlight reports that drugs mimicking the effects of inhibitory GABAergic neurons slowed glioma growth in mice, suggesting neural signaling could offer a therapeutic route for nervous-system cancers.

• The study focuses on gliomas, a class of tumors affecting the nervous system.
• GABAergic neurons appear to exert a growth-suppressing effect on these tumors.
• Drugs that imitate this neuronal effect reduced tumor growth in mouse models.
• The provided summary does not specify the drugs, mechanisms, effect sizes, or relevance to human treatment.