A new, blue gene highlights glutamate and hippocampus in depression |
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| Authors: | Tost Heike Meyer-Lindenberg Andreas |
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| Institution: | Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany. |
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| Abstract: | Depression is a common and debilitating psychiatric syndrome with a complex risk architecture marked by interacting genetic and environmental factors. In this issue of Neuron, the study by Kohli et?al. (2011) reports a novel genome-wide supported risk variant for depression that affects hippocampal gene expression, anatomy, and biochemistry. |
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