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Article: Anti-Depressants Increase Cell Growth in the Brain.
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- January 13, 2001
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2001 JAN 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- Continued use of anti-depressants leads to new cell growth in an area of the brain known to suffer cell death and atrophy as a result of depression and stress, a study by Yale University researchers shows.
Depression affects an estimated 12% to 17% of the population at some point during their lifetime. Anti-depressants are commonly prescribed for depression and other affective disorders, but the drugs' therapeutic effects on the molecular and cellular level are not clearly understood.
"The findings of our study are that chronic administration of anti-depressants increases the number of neurons in the adult hippocampal," ...