§ Regular neurons make 1,000 connections with other neurons

§ The Purkinje Cell can make 200,000 connections

§ There are an estimated 100 trillion synapses in the brain, but it is
conjectured there could be 10 times more
• The diagnosis does not give any indication to the
cause of the disease.
• If we want to increase the likelihood of a long
term solution, we will identify the causes of
depression and systematically treat them.
• Unfortunately this is not as simple a process as
prescribing a drug.
• Like most chronic diseases, depression is a
multifactorial disease.
• The most effective treatments will be based on an
all-fronts attack on as many causes identified to be
operative.
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