A clinical trial reveals the first evidence of how the brain restructures physically in the first month on SSRIs—and the link between neuroplasticity and depression.
Clinical depression is considered one of the most treatable mood disorders, but neither the condition nor the drugs used against it are fully understood. First-line SSRI treatments likely free up more of the neurotransmitter serotonin to improve communication between neurons. But the question of how SSRIs enduringly change a person’s mood has never returned completely satisfying answers. In fact, SSRIs often don’t work.
In this case, the labels were designed to stick to a protein at the connection between neurons. Tracing them would map out the brain’s synapses, allowing scientists to measure synaptic density. Their hypothesis was simple: The participants who took the drug instead of the placebo would show more synaptic density. That hypothesis was wrong. “At first glance, it seemed slightly disappointing,” Knudsen says. There was no significant difference between synapses in the drug and placebo cohorts.
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