Glial deal in mood disorders
A reduction of glial cells in a specific brain area may contribute to mood disorders in people who have a family history of these psychiatric ailments.
References:
Öngür, D., W.C. Drevets, and J.L. Price. 1998. Glial reduction in the subgenual prefrontal cortex in mood disorders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 95(Oct. 27):13290.
Sources:
Dost Öngür
Washington University
School of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
St. Louis, MO 63110
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 19, November 7, 1998, p.
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