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Altered reward processing in the orbitofrontal cortex and hippocampus in healthy first-degree relatives of patients with depression.
Psychological medicine - 1 Apr 2014
Macoveanu J, Knorr U, Skimminge A, Søndergaard M G, Jørgensen A, Fauerholdt-Jepsen M, Paulson O B, Knudsen G M, Siebner H R, Kessing L V
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BACKGROUND: Healthy first-degree relatives of patients with major depression (rMD+) show brain structure and functional response anomalies and have elevated risk for developing depression, a disorder linked to abnormal serotonergic neurotransmission and reward processing. METHOD: In a two-step fu...
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