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Mapping Depression at Single-Cell Resolution: Why the Brain Struggles to Grow New Neurons
Mapping Depression at Single-Cell Resolution: Why the Brain Struggles to Grow New Neurons

26 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

The brains of people with depression appear to...

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25 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

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24 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

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Mapping Depression at Single-Cell Resolution: Why the Brain Struggles to Grow New Neurons

Mapping Depression at Single-Cell Resolution: Why the Brain Struggles to Grow New Neurons

Posted on 26 August, 2026 by Mehrdad Fathi

The brains of people with depression appear to be less capable of producing new neurons than those of people without the disorder. That is the headline finding of a study published in Nature Medicine , built on the most comprehensive map yet assembled of cell types in the adult human hippocampus — the brain region central to learning, memory and emotion. A Twenty-Year-Old Hypothesis Meets Modern Technology For more than two decades, some researchers have suspected that a disruption...

Today In History

Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 26 August.

  1. B.C. Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.
  2. English longbows defeat French in Battle of Cr‚cy
  3. Cambridge Agreement pledged. Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
  4. John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat
  5. W A Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF)
  6. Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic.
  7. Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions.
  8. Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 sec
  9. Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg
  10. Yanks turn a triple play & beat the Browns 10-6
  11. 19th amendment passes -- women's suffrage granted (about time!)
  12. Pumping to build Treasure Island in S.F. Bay is finished
  13. 1st major league baseball telecast - Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
  14. Fluoridation of SF water begins
  15. USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile
  16. Official Intl Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto.
  17. Mariner 2 launched for 1st planet flyby (Venus)
  18. LBJ nominated at the Democratic convention in Atlantic City N.J.
  19. Summer Olympics opened in Munich West Germany.
  20. Women's Equality Day
  21. Charles Lindbergh died at his home in Hawaii at 72.
  22. Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
  23. H.A. Rey author of a popular constellation book dies at age 78
  24. Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I. Also Soyuz 31 is launched
  25. Voyager's closest approach to Saturn enroute to Uranus & Neptune