Metabolism may play role in recurrent major depression
E-Mail IMAGE: Robert Naviaux, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, pediatrics and pathology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. view more Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, in collaboration with Dutch scientists, have found that certain metabolites -- small molecules produced by the process of metabolism -- may be predictive indicators for persons at risk for recurrent major depressive disorder. The findings were published in the January 11, 2021 online issue of "This is evidence for a mitochondrial nexus at the h...