Antidepressants boost brain growth, scientists report
21st Dec 2005, 04:23 GMT
The beneficial effects of a widely used class of antidepressants might be the result of increased nerve-fiber growth in key parts of the brain, according to a Johns Hopkins study being published in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry.
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