Monday, August 13, 2012

How Stress And Depression Can Shrink The Brain

Major depression or chronic stress can cause the loss of brain volume, a condition that contributes to both emotional and cognitive impairment. Now a team of researchers led by Yale scientists has discovered one reason why this occurs - a single genetic switch that triggers loss of brain connections in humans and depression in animal models. The findings, reported in the Aug...

URL: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/248944.php

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