An MRI of the hippocampus and the pre-frontal cortex when the Tob gene was removed (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

An MRI of the hippocampus and the pre-frontal cortex when the Tob gene was removed

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An MRI of the hippocampus and the pre-frontal cortex when the Tob gene was removed. This MRI allowed the researchers to determine that the connectivity between the hippocampus and the pre-frontal cortex had been altered. The image is from the press release "Jumping gene found to be strongly linked to depression, fear, and anxiety."

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