Girls are more likely to suffer from depression due to hormones

Adolescent girls often face depression because their hormones affect blood flow to the brain. Such conclusion scientists from the University of Pennsylvania.

Depression in girls

Puberty in girls causes changes blood supply to the brain As it turned out, American scientists. Since girls blood flow to the brain in adolescence due to exposure to hormones becomes more powerful than boys, they are more likely to be victims depression and anxiety. The researchers found in a woman's brain field, the difference in blood supply between which the most obvious. Areas associated with cognitive functions, emotions and control over social life.

In general, science has long been known that women and especially teenage girls often face depression But the exact cause of this scientists did not know. Now, it was found that the tendency to depression conditioned features blood supply to the brain   because of the impact of women's sex hormone estrogen. He is the cause of a stronger blood flow to brain than in boys.

It is known that the brain is supplied with blood women more actively, than men, but researchers have found that a particularly strong differences was observed in puberty. These findings were made on the basis of MR images 922 young people aged from 8 to 22 years. Scientists wanted track, does the entry into adolescence on the level of supply blood brain.

Note that the boys because of the effects of the male hormone testosterone on the brain often become victims of schizophrenia. (READ MORE)

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