The Claim

Magnesium treatment has no effect on GAD-67 protein levels in the hippocampus of rats subjected to either olfactory bulbectomy or chronic mild stress models of depression.

Source: Brain glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 kDa alterations induced by magnesium treatment in olfactory bulbectomy and chronic mild stress models in rats

What the research says

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In plain English

Giving magnesium to depressed rats doesn't change the level of a specific brain protein called GAD-67 in a part of the brain called the hippocampus, so magnesium probably isn't working on that protein in that area.

See the scientific wording

Magnesium treatment does not alter GAD-67 protein levels in the hippocampus of rats in either the olfactory bulbectomy or chronic mild stress models of depression, suggesting this brain region is not a primary site of magnesium’s action on GABA synthesis in these models.

What the research says

1 study

  1. Study: Brain glutamic acid decarboxylase-67 kDa alterations induced by magnesium treatment in olfactory bulbectomy and chronic mild stress models in rats

    The study found that giving magnesium to depressed rats didn’t change a specific brain protein (GAD-67) in the hippocampus, but did change it in other brain areas. This means magnesium probably works on depression through other parts of the brain, not the hippocampus.

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