Neuroimaging study suggests serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment can improve brain ventricle volume

Psychiatric patients using serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRI) — a commonly used type of antidepressant — show significantly decreased ventricle volume after one month, according to new neuroimaging research published in the journal Chronic Stress. The ventricles are a series of four interconnected cerebrospinal fluid-filled cavities that are located within the brain. Several psychiatry disorders are associated with the enlargement of these ventricles, which appears to be the result of a loss of neurons and/or glia, specialized cells that provide support and protection to the neurons. “We look...