
Certain aspects of depression result from maladaptive stress-induced changes in reward circuits of the brain.

Certain aspects of depression result from maladaptive stress-induced changes in reward circuits of the brain.

While progress in identifying the specific genetic variations that help determine an individual's vulnerability to addiction has been slow, a great deal has been uncovered about delineating the role that numerous genes and their protein products play in mediating the development of addiction.

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