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Depression Traced to Overactive Brain Circuit

Internet URL

http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/nimh-03.htm  

Sponsoring Agency

National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health

Description

A brain imaging study by the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has found that an emotion-regulating brain circuit is overactive in people prone to depression — even when they are not depressed.

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Review Date

3/23/2007