A new study shows that antidepressants improve brain function in four ways:
Neurons in brains form “networks” — or connections with other neurons across all different regions of the brain. Each network provides a different function to the brain. The way these networks interact with other networks create thinking.
Antidepressant use has been shown to affect brain networks in four ways:
Increased connections between different networks — each network will start reaching out to other networks it used to rarely connect with.
Increased frequency or ease with which each network reorganizes its connections to other networks — each network is changing up which neurons in its network reach out to other neurons, or reaching out more often to the same other network.
Increased number of networks moving at the same time to reach out to the same different network
Increased number of networks reaching out to or disconnecting from other networks independently
Read about this here: https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/increased-brain-network-dynamics-found-in-individuals-taking-antidepressants