Posted by linkadge on December 12, 2006, at 20:12:24
In reply to Re: Article on Biological Basis of Depression » linkadge, posted by SLS on December 12, 2006, at 6:13:58
>I also wonder sometimes if the reduction in the >volume seen in the hippocamus isn't really the >result of depression rather than the cause of >it. Perhaps the term "atrophy" isn't very far >from the truth.
You could be right. Its like depression may lead to heart problems, but heart problems are not (always) the cause of the depression.
Some studies say the longer a person is depressed the smaller the hippocampus gets. Well, that means that it probably started out at a larger volume.
That would seem to confirm what you are saying, that depression itself is shrinking the hippocampus.
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