Posted by SLS on June 12, 2006, at 10:54:27
In reply to Linkadge-Counterargument regarding Reward Pathways, posted by PsychoPharmaFiender on June 11, 2006, at 16:43:55
> If the brain is so good at maintaining homeostasis
Too good.
I imagine it is the ability of the brain to maintain homeostasis that produces treatment resistance to antidepressants and the phenomenon of tachyphylaxis. Actually, it might be the brain's failed attempt to maintain homeostasis that produces the antidepressant effect. The system is reset, but to a different setting; the resulting dynamics more approximating the original healthy state.
Just pondering...
- Scott
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