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Depression
Clinical depression linked to abnormal emotional brain circuits
August 27th, 2007
In what may be the first study to use brain imaging to look at the neural circuits involved in emotional control in patients with depression, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that brains of people with clinical depression react very differently than those of healthy people when trying to cope with negative situations. According to the World Health Organization, clinical depression is one of the leading causes of disability and lost productivity in the world. Understanding the root cause of depression, however, has proved difficult. "It's normal for people to have negative emotions in certain circumstances," says lead...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-08-27)
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