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Toward an objective characterization of an anhedonic phenotype: a signal-detection approach.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Feb 2005
Pizzagalli Diego A, Jahn Allison L, O'Shea James P
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BACKGROUND: Difficulties in defining and characterizing phenotypes has hindered progress in psychiatric genetics and clinical neuroscience. Decreased approach-related behavior and anhedonia (lack of responsiveness to pleasure) are considered cardinal features of depression, but few studies have used laboratory-based measures to objectively characterize these constructs. METHODS: To assess hedonic capacity in...
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