New clues to the mechanism behind treatment-resistant depression

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a widespread mental health condition that for many is disabling. It has long been appreciated that MDD has genetic as well as environmental influences. In a new study in Biological Psychiatry researchers identify a gene that interacted with stress to mediate aspects of treatment-resistant MDD in an animal model.

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