RESOLVING THE LEDGER
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Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn Reddit Whatsapp X Save article View saved research The brains of people with depression seem to be worse at producing new neurons than are those of people without the disorder. That’s according to a study 1 that includes the most comprehensive map of the cell types in the human adult hippocampus, a brain region involved in learning, memory and emotions.
For more than 20 years, some researchers have suspected 2 that a disruption in neurogenesis — the process of making new neurons — could be involved in depression. “This paper, excitingly, is the first to show at single-cell resolution exactly where in the process things appear to be awry and what molecular machinery is involved,” says Amelia Eisch, a neuroscientist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, who was not involved with the research.
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