These things are making the mind old
Nowadays the brain is being used more than the body. Earlier, where most people used to run livelihood by doing physical labor, now the number of people with white collar jobs has increased. For hours, the minds of people working with eyes on the computer are being used more than the body. Due to which problems related to mental health have also started increasing rapidly. The tension in life has increased so much that a large number of people are falling victim to depression. Now it has been revealed in a study that this depression and stress are making the brain old prematurely.
A study published in a magazine named Psychological Medicine states that the brain of depressed people may look older than their real age. Due to which the brain is getting cognitive decline. In such a situation, the memory of a human being affects. Critical thinking and many other essential cognitive functions are reduced. The aging of the brain increases the risk of neurodigenerative diseases such as dementia and Alzheimer’s.
The brain is getting old due to depression
Major depressive disorder, which is a clinical mental disorder, does not only take the mood for some time, but it also causes changes in the brain structure. Due to this, the brain starts growing old ahead of time. Due to which a person appears far more than the real age of the person. In this research, the brain scans of 670 persons were analyzed, of which 239 were suffering from depression and the rest were without depression. He estimated the age of the brain by assessing the thickness of the area of different brain.
Which showed that the brain of people suffering from depression in real appears much older than those whose mental conditions were not cured. Changes were found in the structure of the brain of such people. Especially the problem of thinness was seen in the left ventral region and parts of the premotor eye field.
Why does this happen
The study also explained the reasons behind thinness in some areas of the brain. Researchers have found a relationship between thinness of the brain and neurotransmitter levels such as dopamine, serotonin and glutamate. These are important for managing mood and cognitive abilities. When a person is depressed, the levels of these neurotransmitters become unbalanced, causing changes in the structure of the brain. In addition, some genes may also be activated in the affected areas, which affect protein binding.
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