The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
A reduction in the number of dendritic spines, these little mushroom shaped protrusions in the frontal cortex neurons of humans occurs in depressed patients. We know that from postmortem tissue. And that drugs that relieve depression or that treatments including behavioral treatments, that provide some relief from depression do seem to be correlated with increases in spine growth in frontal cortex neurons as well.
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researchers believe the condition may be associated with low synapse density in certain areas of the brain this makes researchers think there may be a link between dendritic spine density and depression and that potentially by increasing spine formation we might be able to combat depression