Posted by linkadge on January 14, 2006, at 8:01:10
In reply to Re: Phenylethylamine inhibits noradrenaline uptake, posted by nolvas on January 14, 2006, at 7:15:48
The research for exercise as an antidepressant is very compelling.
Many studies show it is as effective as standard treatments for mild to moderate depression.
Not many studies have been done with severe depression, but in the ones that have been done the results are still positive.
Moderate exercise may be good, but intensity is probably beneficial all the way up to the point where you are over-exhausting the body.
Basically exercise does what antidepressants do, but generally it does it better, with fewer side effects.
It seems to cause the same adaptive changes in monoamine receptor systems that antidepressants do, it also has delayed effects on the HPA axis, that will act as a buffer against sudden surges of stress hormones etc.
It increases the levels of various growth factors, BDNF NGF, NT-3, FGF, GDNF, GAP-43, etc, and kickstarts hippocampal proliferation and neurogenesis.
I have prevented depressive relapses with exercise alone.
Linkadge
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