Depression Buffer (IMAGE) Society for Neuroscience Caption This is a 3-D representation of reward-related ventral striatum activity. Participants with higher activity in this region were less likely to report symptoms of depression when experiencing poor sleep quality. Credit Annchen R. Knodt, Duke Neurogenetics Lab Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.