Posted by Emme_V2 on April 13, 2013, at 14:36:12
In reply to Re: new AD in the works caught my eye » poser938, posted by SLS on April 12, 2013, at 22:14:22
"In other words, a smaller hippocampus is the result of depression rather than its cause."
I was thinking the same possibility. Or perhaps something such as chronic stress or some other factor affects (and shrinks) the hippocampus, which starts off or contributes to the start of depression. Maybe the cause and effect arrow is different for different people. But this drug might have some real utility in either case.
Sometimes I get a headache. I know something is causing it, but I go ahead and take ibuprofen. Usually when the ibuprofen wears off, the headache doesn't come back. Either the ibuprofen somehow also gets at the cause of the headache, or just relieving the pain allows the body to recover from the thing that's causing it. For depression, maybe this drug acting by improving hippocampal volume can help kick start a bunch of healing processes.
I'm just glad someone is trying to come up with something new.
poster:Emme_V2
thread:1042087
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20130408/msgs/1042115.html