New theories of depression offer renewed hope
Major depressive illness is a devastating condition affecting not only the individual, but also family and friends around them. New research has recently shed light on one potential cause, and the findings may potentially offer new hope for many sufferers. A medical research team in Canada have studied brain scans of 20 people diagnosed with depression for signs of brain inflammation, and compared them to healthy controls. They found that immune cells present in the brain, called migroglia, which play…