A new comprehensive analysis has revealed that major depressive disorder alters both the physical architecture and the electrical activity of the brain in the same specific regions. By mapping these ...

Scientists identified two types of brain cells, neurons and microglia, that are altered in people with depression. Through genomic mapping of post-mortem brain tissue, they found major differences in ...

Researchers have discovered a surprising change in how cells produce energy in people with depression. Brain and blood cells in young adults with major depressive disorder produced more energy ...

A novel study aimed at disentangling the neurological underpinnings of depression shows that multiple brain profiles may manifest as the same clinical symptoms, providing evidence to support the ...

Your brain changes dramatically when you have both anxiety and depression. Source: Photo by Natasha Connell on Unsplash Neuroscientists have continued delving into the relationship between the brain ...

Summer passed Valerie Zeko by when she was 27, as she vegged out on the couch watching TV instead of seeing friends or exploring the overcast beach near her house. She later learned that period was ...

What is valence bias? New research explores how snap judgments of ambiguous events reveal risks for depression and anxiety.

A neuroscientist, he employed a battery of high-tech tools in devising a fast-acting therapy that targets the area of the brain where depression originates. By Richard Sandomir Nolan Williams, an ...

A wide range of recent studies have found that physical activity can trigger neurobiological changes that may help protect your brain from depression. A September 2014 study from Sweden found that ...