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Depressed preschoolers show elevated amygdala activity

Jul 21, 2013 by

There’s a difference between a preschooler who is sad for a day because he lost his favorite toy and one who has depression. In the latter, brain scans reveal elevated activity in the amygdala, a set of neurons that...

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