The AP (2/14, Neergaard) reports that researchers in a study “used a new technique to scan the brains of living people – and discovered that patients with depression had a lower density of synapses than healthy people the same age.” The AP adds, “The lower the density, the more severe the depression symptoms, particularly problems with attention and loss of interest in previously pleasurable activities, Yale neuroscientist Irina Esterlis said…at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.” The article does not disclose the number of study participants.
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— “Researchers find clues that depression may speed brain aging, “Lauran Neergaard , AP, February 14, 2019