Posted by PeterJ on August 11, 2012, at 14:20:06
Neuritin, a protein involved in synpatic plasticity, may play a role in stress and depression. I know of no way to immediately put this information to use, but it may be another building block in understanding depression and may in the future produce new treatments that boost neuritin production.
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/06/why-stress-makes-you-miserable.html
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/28/11378
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