Researchers Identify Early Brain Marker for Familial Form of Depression

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 16:49 in Psychology & Sociology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Findings from one of the largest-ever imaging studies of depression indicate that a structural difference in the brain - a thinning of the right hemisphere - appears to be linked to a higher risk for depression, according to new research at Columbia University Medical Center and the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

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