Researchers induce, relieve depression symptoms in mice with light

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 14:30 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have successfully induced and relieved depression-like deficiencies in both pleasure and motivation in mice by controlling just a single area of the brain known as the ventral tegmental area. It is the first time that well-defined types of neurons within a specific brain region have been directly tied to the control of myriad symptoms of major depressive illness.

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