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A shocking case of depression

Electrical stimulation of part of the brain during a surgical procedure triggered instant depression.

References:

Benjjani, B., et al. 1998. Acute major depression induced by localized electrical stimulation in the human upper midbrain. Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. November. Los Angeles.

Sources:

Merle Z. Ruberg
Salpetriere Hospital
INSERM U289
47 Boulevard De L’Hopital
Paris 75005
France

From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 22, November 28, 1998, p. 344. Copyright Ó 1998 by Science Service.

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