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Altered patterns of brain activity during transient sadness in children at familial risk for major depression.
Journal of affective disorders - 1 Dec 2011
Lévesque Mélissa L, Beauregard Mario, Ottenhof Koen W, Fortier Emilie, Tremblay Richard E, Brendgen Mara, Pérusse Daniel, Dionne Ginette, Robaey Philippe, Vitaro Frank, Boivin Michel, Booij Linda
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INTRODUCTION: We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to investigate the neural correlates of sadness, the prevailing mood in major depression (MD), in a prospective, well-documented community sample followed since birth. METHODS: The children, comprising 136 children (65 boys and 71 girls) of mothers with varying levels of depressive symptomatology, were scanned - using a 1.5-Tesla system - while...
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