Your genes can increase the risk of depression, especially if you have a close relative with it. Depression is not caused by a single gene, but by variations in many genes. Twin studies show that ...

Scientists have identified two specific types of brain cells that behave differently in people with depression, offering a ...

Stress touches nearly every part of life. It shapes how we feel, think, and even how our bodies react. Though our stress response evolved to keep us safe, too much of it—especially when it lasts too ...

A new Nature Genetics study has identified excitatory neurons and microglia in the prefrontal cortex as key brain cell types linked to genetic risk for major depression. Researchers mapped chromatin ...

Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity present in some female survivors of childhood abuse that is associated with an elevated risk of depression. We know childhood abuse increases the ...

Major depression has been linked to changes in DNA, a finding that seems to boost the biological model of depression. Research conducted by investigators at Oxford University in the United Kingdom ...

Depression may run in the family. After surveying the entire human genome, University of Pittsburg researchers have found a group of genes that makes some people--women more than men--susceptible to ...

Researchers have discovered a pair of genetic mechanisms that could hold the keys to gene therapies for alcoholism and depression. Scientists at the University of North Carolina, led by Dr. Kirk ...

(Daniel Day/The Image Bank/Getty Images) When someone scrapes their nails down a chalkboard, many of us might feel uncomfortable. For those with the condition misophonia, other kinds of sounds – like ...

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