World Science report () before the Israel scientists 30, published study results show that depression can lead to osteoporosis. This result means that antidepressants may be used in the treatment of osteoporosis.
Israel Hebrew University scientists in the new issue of journal of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, reported that they use drugs in research so that mouse have a similar act of human depression. The results of these mice appeared the bone loss, this phenomenon in the mouse's hip and spine. Scientists then let mouse taking antidepressants, found that rats bone density increases, the behavior is more active.
Scientists say that the newly discovered for the first time that depression may cause bone loss and osteoporosis is one of the important factors. They said that depression can stimulate the sympathetic nervous system releases norepinephrine, norepinephrine can damage the cells of the bone formation. But the study also showed that antidepressant drugs inhibiting norepinephrine and reversing its negative effects.
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