U.S. scientists find ways to quickly detect antidepressant effects
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Last Update: 2020-07-02
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Source: Internet
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U.Sscientists have discovered a way to quickly determine whether antidepressants are effective by testing for changes in the position of a protein in brain cellsThe study is published in the latest issue of the Journal of NeurologyMark Lasnick of the University of Illinois at Chicago, who conducted the study, said that in the past, patients with depression had to wait weeks to determine whether the antidepressants they were taking were effective, and that the new method could be used to find out if they were effective within four to five days of taking the drugRasnik compared the brains of people who committed suicide because of depression to those with no history of mental illness, and found that a protein called Gs alpha had a different position in brain cellsThe Gs alpha protein in patients with depression is trapped in a thick, gelding area of the cell membrane, affecting the function of Gs alphaIn his experiments, Rasnik found that antidepressants helped Gs alpha move to cell areas where it functions
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