Depression, still a mystery

Happy Saturday everyone :D

I am actually working on a project for one of my courses to see how mouse models are used to model depression and whether the gut bacterial composition plays an influence. Hence, that explains my last week's post with regards to bacteria and depression. Well I wanted to learn  more about depression. It is in a way something dear to me because I know multiple people who have struggled with it. One day, I was talking to one of my TA's and couldn't help but notice the scars on her wrists. It's scary to think about but some people look so put together on the outside, yet are in a huge amount of pain on the inside :( I wouldn't say I've ever had clinical depression myself, but I have struggled with it mild depression on and off in my teenage years.

Bacteria and Depression

Hey everyone!!! I know I've been gone for the past little while and I appreciate your patience. I'm not quite ready to share what has happened in my family because I want to wait for some test results.

Since the post about "RePOOPulating the Gut" was so popular I've decided to do a sequel to the role of bacteria in our digestive system. This time focusing on something more complex like the link between the microbiota and depression. It's actually some of the research that my university specializes in and mainly revolves around using mice models.