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What happens to the brain’s capacity to make new neurons in depression?
The hippocampus, a brain region important for memory and mood, can generate new neurons throughout adulthood. Researchers have long studied whether this process, known as adult hippocampal neurogenesis, is altered in depression.
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For people with depression that has not responded to conventional treatments, researchers are working to understand how specific brain circuits may be involved in recovery.
Why similar stressful experiences affect individuals differently is a central question in depression research.
Depression is often viewed as a disorder of specific cells or chemicals. But the brain is also an electrical organ, and depression can disrupt the electrical waves that keep the brain’s circuitry in sync.
Over 350 supporters joined us in Central Park on Sunday, May 10 for the Fourth Annual NYC Race of Hope to Defeat Depression. Excitement was high — registrations sold out two weeks before Race Day.
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Max-Planck Institute of Psychiatry
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