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What is the difference between a healthy synapse and a synapse of a depressed person.

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ExBasic and clinical studies demonstrate that depression is associated with reduced size of brain regions that regulate mood and cognition, including the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus, and decreased neuronal synapses in these areas.planation:

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synapse depression: Chronic stress exposure decreases synaptic density, similar to the destabilization of spine synapses that occurs under conditions that cause long-term depression (LTD). Neuronal atrophy and synaptic loss are reversible, possibly more rapidly in resilient individuals with coping, exercise, or enriched environment. healthy synapses are part of the circuit that connects sensory organs, like those that detect pain or touch, in the peripheral nervous system to the brain. Synapses connect neurons in the brain to neurons in the rest of the body and from those neurons to the muscles.
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