Posted by linkadge on June 30, 2010, at 7:14:38
In reply to Re: The biology of depression: SLS » violette, posted by inanimate peanut on June 28, 2010, at 22:08:23
I think its simply brain metabolism. Perhaps stress depleted a neurotransmitter which would help regulate that activity. In this case the drug might compensate for that and dampen the overactive circutry on its own.
I believe that in chronic, recurrent depression, it is something about the brain structure itself which allows for overactive / underactive brain regions which are hard(er) to alter.
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