Posted by SLS on April 13, 2013, at 23:49:11
In reply to Re: new AD in the works caught my eye » SLS, posted by Emme_V2 on April 13, 2013, at 14:36:12
> "In other words, a smaller hippocampus is the result of depression rather than its cause."
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> 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.That's a good alternate explanation. Isn't that the generally advocated theory?
> Maybe the cause and effect arrow is different for different people.
That would make sense.
> But this drug might have some real utility in either case.
I wonder if this NSI-189 targets the neuritin receptor.
* I just performed a Google search. The drug doesn't seem to target that site. Neuritin would make an interesting peptide to study, though.
> I'm just glad someone is trying to come up with something new.
Yeah. I would love to jetison the 7 drugs I have to take for one that uses a more direct mechanism.
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