vmPFC-VS (IMAGE)

Emory Health Sciences

vmPFC-VS

Caption

What does inflammation in the context of depression look like inside the brain? Emory researchers have found that high inflammation is linked to a "failure to communicate" between two parts of the brain: the ventral striatum (VS, vertical cross section) and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC, horizontal).

Credit

Felger et al, <i>Molecular Psychiatry</i> (2015)

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To be used in connection with <i>Molecular Psychiatry</i> paper only.

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