Claim: Brains of Depressed Patients Are Twice the Size

 

Health

The brains of patients suffering from depression are twice the size compared to those of normal people, according to researchers. Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York made this claim after conducting research.

According to the researchers, they identified a brain network that could help in the future treatment of depression. This network is called the "Fronto-striatal Salience Network." The findings are said to have been published in the journal Nature.

The scientists conducted a comparative analysis of brain scans from 57 individuals, alongside those of 37 healthy individuals. They discovered an expansion of the brain's bias network, identifying the characteristics of this network. The scientists studied this network for a period of one and a half years.