[News] Diagnosing depression before it starts

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  The researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School studied brain differences in depression with children who have have family history of it. They used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to scan children’s brains. Previous study, regarding depression shows the abnormal activity in subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (sgACC) and the amygdala. In this study, they found strongest links between sgACC and default mode network. Also they found hyperactive connections between the amygdala in high-risk children.

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