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Or changes in the brain cause depression? Isn't it more likely that depression is a symptom of the brain rather than the brain being a symptom of depression?
by zombieprocesses 9y ago
Or changes in the brain cause depression?
Isn't it more likely that depression is a symptom of the brain rather than the brain being a symptom of depression?
- swearwolves 9y agoThis was my first thought too. The article doesn't mention this at all. It sounds like they just pulled people off the street, tested for the protein, and assumed causality. Wouldn't they have to had tested the same subset of people over time to make their claim?
- cpncrunch 9y agoThere is a lot of research showing that psychological stress (and social defeat in particular) causes microglial over-activation and neuroinflammation, which then results in the symptoms of anxiety and depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5660717/