Australian researchers have taken a step towards finding a biological basis for youth depression by showing that it may be related to the connections in the brain. Those with major depressive disorder had alterations in connectivity in the densely connected brain areas, known as hubs.
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/depression-in-teens-and-young-adults-may-be-linked-to-problems-with-brain-connectivity
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I’ve linked to the news release in the post above. In this comment, for those interested, here’s the link to the peer reviewed journal article:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44220-024-00309-y
From the linked article:
Australian researchers have taken a step towards finding a biological basis for youth depression by showing that it may be related to the connections in the brain. The researchers looked at brain scans from 810 young people aged 12-25, and found that those with major depressive disorder had alterations in connectivity in the densely connected brain areas, known as hubs. Critically, they also found that altered functional connectivity within these networks was linked to depression symptom severity. They also found that they could use this functional connectivity to predict if a person had a diagnosis of depression and their clinical severity. The authors say these hub regions could be a target for potential treatments in flexible adolescent brains.
Oh really, so the thing people are experiencing seems to be reflected in the thing they experience it with.
Brain research is so primitive as to be beyond useless.