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A video game revealed that people with depression had difficulty setting expectations as environments changed, serving as a potential way to identify and monitor the condition.

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Psilocybin Treats Chronic Pain and Depression in Mice

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Predicting Postpartum Depression Before It Begins

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Gut Bacteria Boost Levels of Sex Hormones with the Help of Flatulence

Connecting Psilocybin, Mushrooms, and Dreaming

All-nighters Sometimes Combat Depression

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Gut Bacterium Linked to Depression in Premenopause

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Ketamine Flips a “Switch” in Mice’s Brain Circuitry: Study

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Inflammation in Brain’s Immune Cells Triggers Depressive Behavior in Mice

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Psilocybin Relieves Some Treatment-Resistant Depression Cases: Trial

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Prolonged GLP-1 Exposure Remodels Gene Expression in the Pancreas by Flipping a Molecular Switch

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Editors Mass Resign from Elsevier Journal After Editor-in-Chief Let Go

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Then and Now: Sarkis Mazmanian Finds Gut-Brain Links to Parkinson’s Disease

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Multiplex Microscopy Becomes Easier with Encoded Antibodies

A new system that enables researchers to uniquely tag monoclonal antibodies for use in microscopy could help simplify complex imaging studies.

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