Search results for depression

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“02:25:40 - Increasing core body temperature decreases symptoms of depression. Dr. Raison study. 02:27:06 - Taking NSAIDs before working out blunts some of the benefits derived from exercise.”

“The use of anti-inflammatory drugs, corticosteroids, and drugs causing central nervous system depression was prohibited during the study duration. On the 70th day of treatment, the study's authors assessed the participants' pain levels, determined by a visual analog scale.”

“Approximately 13 percent of people over the age of 12 years living in the United States take prescription drugs to treat their symptoms of depression. Findings from a recent study indicate that many people who stop taking antidepressant drugs experience withdrawal symptoms.”

Watch this clip in which Dr. Charles Raison suggests that lifestyle behaviors may be more effective than pharmacology in staving off depression. (https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/lifestyle-interventions-alternative-treatments-depression).

“He connects the "poet" profile to patterns seen in depression, creativity, and falling in love, and notes that in depression, ruminators often show greater recruitment of these control regions during tasks that require suppressing or removing negative material—sometimes interpreted as "overrecruitment" or inefficient control.”

“Depression research often focuses on neurotransmitters, but the brain also depends on a steady supply of energy to function properly. A new study tested whether problems in how creatine moves from the gut to the brain play a role in depression, and whether certain gut bacteria can help restore this process.”

“Major depression is often characterized by low glutamate and GABA and these finding may partially explain why exercise has been an effective treatment for some patients with major depression.”

“TMS has also been shown to increase neurogenesis (growth of new brain cells) in mice.”

“Drugs commonly used to treat depression also reactivated autophagy in this brain region. Additional experiments indicated that autophagy helps regulate brain cell activity by breaking down excess glutamate receptors, which are often overactive in depression.”