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What is the relation between major depressive disorder and amygdala reactivity?

2026-01-01 psychiatry and clinical psychology Title + abstract only
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The present study focuses on the role of amygdala reactivity to negative facial expressions in major depressive disorder (MDD). A number of studies have found amygdala hyperreactivity in depressed patients compared with control subjects. This has been interpreted in terms of a negative depressive bias in attention and memory, given the amygdalas role in attending to and remembering negatively valenced stimuli. However, failure to find amygdala hyperreactivity in depression is not uncommon, and a...

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