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Depression may start with an energy problem in brain cells

Depression may start with an energy problem in brain cells

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy molecul...

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44422421

Scientists at the University of Queensland partnered with researchers from the University of Minnesota to examine levels of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) - known as the "energy currency" molecule - in the brains and blood cells of young people with depression.

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