Hi, I'm Kev. I'm a thirty-seven year old web developer, married with three kids and living in the Midlands, UK. I'm also manic depressive (Bipolar). This blog discusses the issues surrounding my life as a manic depressive.

Grey matter destroyed after mood cycles

Posted by Kev

An unnerving study reported on in the latest Nature recounts the findings of a recent study which says that the amount of grey matter in the brain is actively reduced after each cycle of mania/depression.
....patients’ brains were scanned at either end of a four-year period, during which time each patient had at least one episode [...]