Even One Dose Of Antidepressant Dramatically Changes The Brain

Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 14:20 in Health & Medicine

Even a single dose of  the commonly prescribed antidepressant SSRI (serotonin reuptake inhibitor) is enough to produce dramatic changes in the functional architecture of the human brain. Brain scans taken of people before and after an acute dose of SSRI reveal changes in connectivity within three hours, according to results in Current Biology. read more

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