Neuroplasticity in Depression: A New Cure for the Future

Abstract

Major depressive disorders are the leading cause of disability worldwide. The most effective treatment for depression in today’s generation is neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity mainly explains the structural and functional alterations in the brain in response to different stimuli, such as stress, anxiety, depression, and many other mood disorders. Depression, or major depressive disorder, is a common mental disorder where an elevation or deviation of mood plays a great role in a person’s day-to-day life and also affects the lifestyle. It mainly involves a depressed mood or loss of interest in all activities for a prolonged period of time. Depression is a chronic as well as a recurrent disease. Neuroplasticity, also known as neural plasticity, is the modified structural capacity of the nervous system to modify its response according to intrinsic or extrinsic stimuli by making alterations in the structural or functional processing’s or connectivity after any kind of injury. For example: stroke, accidents, traumatic brain injury, etc. Neuroplasticity has helped a lot in the rewiring of the brain through new skill adaptability and mood enhancement.