NIH Research Matters--Predicting treatment response to an antidepressant, boosting cell defenses, and tasting high levels of salt
This week in NIH Research Matters:
Predicting Treatment Response to a Rapid Antidepressant
Certain brain activity may predict how well patients with major depressive disorder
respond to an experimental antidepressant. The finding suggests that brain imaging
might help identify good candidates for the treatment.
Scientists designed a compound that induces a cell "housekeeping" process that may
help fight cancer, infection, neurodegenerative disease and aging. The compound
successfully protected laboratory mice from deadly infections.
High Salt Detected by Sour and Bitter Taste Cells
Researchers discovered that high levels of salt trigger both sour- and bitter-sensing
taste cells in mice. The finding may help explain why we find high levels of salt
unappetizing.
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