Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Depression Can Be Detected from Blood Test

There is a new breakthrough for detecting depression . Scientists menungkapkan depression it can be detected through a blood test . Luke Pezawas , study leader from the Medical University of Vienna ari said this discovery is the first study were able to predict depression by using a blood test .

They reveal the condition of depression caused by a lack of serotonin in the brain or the happiness hormone . Symptoms of depression can be seen from the analysis transperter levels of serotonin ( SERT ) , an essential protein that transports serotonin into the brain cells .

SERT protein is found in large quantities in the blood and other organs . Scientists find link between serotonin uptake velocity in the blood and the brain depression . Levels of SERT is theoretically possible for a person suffering from depression mendetaksi . If low levels of SERT , the potential for greater depression will occur .

" Currently, blood tests for mental illness was considered impossible . Study showed that the blood test could diagnose depression allows no longer a difficult thing , " said Pezawas , as quoted sciecealert.com .

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