Posted by SLS on December 12, 2006, at 6:13:58
In reply to Re: Article on Biological Basis of Depression, posted by linkadge on December 11, 2006, at 15:31:12
> I've been to this site, but I have serious reserves about what the site claims.
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> For instance:
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> "A big part of what causes depression is in a single gene."
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> Thats just simply **not** true. The site is trying to suggest that depression is a result of disturbances in the serotonin transporter gene, the site which SSRI drugs effect.
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> This is simply not true however, as studies have not even come close to prooving this suggestion.
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> The proposition that the serotonin transporter gene is involved in depression was simply a reverse logic proposition made by those who noted that SSRI's have some effect in depression.
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> It is of course more complicated than I understand, but I would be extremely reluctant to believe any site which claims depression is due to a single gene.
I also wonder sometimes if the reduction in the volume seen in the hippocamus isn't really the result of depression rather than the cause of it. Perhaps the term "atrophy" isn't very far from the truth.Any thoughts?
- Scott
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