The human brain changes after 3 hours after taking antidepressants

American scientists have found that antidepressants alter the familiar architecture of the brain in just a few hours after their admission. The researchers hope that their discovery may someday help in developing individual therapy for people suffering from depression.

Antidepressants

In the journal Current Biology published the results of a study that showed that a single dose Antidepressants   I have been able to influence on the architecture of the brain, changing the usual connection between his different regions within a few hours. Meanwhile, taking these medications, patients typically do not notice any change in a matter of weeks.

The study's authors believe that the their discovery will help doctors determine whether a patient is responding to certain psychiatric medications by scanning the brain. As a rule, low the level of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain is associated with depression. Antidepressants   block the process brain serotonin reabsorption. This function is performed by a group of drugs serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

To conduct the study scientists compared the gray matter of the communication of the human brain, the host depressant, and do not take them. It was found that modification of these relations It observed within a few hours after taking the medicine. If there is more the amount of serotonin in the gray matter decreased functional connectivity the brain, but some of his region did not fit into this pattern. Scientists themselves They say they do not expect to see as the human brain is literally "highlighted" three hours after antidepressants . (READ MORE)

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