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next week's journal of neuroscience has an article about how "antidepressants . . . also serve to stimulate the growth of new brain cells.

". . . Rats killed after only a few days of drug treatment showed no extra cell growth. After several weeks, however, the antidepressant-treated rats had significantly more new cells sprouting in their brains than those in the control groups—and those cells seemed to survive longer than control-group cells. Follow-up studies showed that many of these newly generated cells (which are, initially, unspecialised for any particular job) were turning into nerve cells . . .

". . . Existing mood-altering drugs, especially those used recreationally rather than clinically, are often accused of killing brain cells. Drugs that instead stimulate the growth of such cells might be useful in a range of degenerative illnesses, such as Parkinson’s disease, that are now hard to treat. Expect more research on the relationship between neurotransmitter levels and brain-cell growth in the future."

-- that's all from the economist mag. full article: http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=443281

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Originally posted by ezdreamer:

Holy fucking shit!!! That's the best news I heard yet for the entire miserable past two weeks...

Wooooohoooo...

That's the best news I heard yet for my entire miserable past eek.gifcwm41.gif

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Originally posted by Unbound:

That's the best news I heard yet for my entire miserable past

Girl breaks your heart, forget it... lose money, really forget it... pal fucks you over, you definitely wanna a memory lapse...

Some things ain't worth remembering...

Your miserable past? Well... least you ain't stuck in the middle of a war in some third world country... something tells me that didn't do squat to lift your spirits.

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