Brain's hippocampal volume, social environment affect adolescent depression

Brain's hippocampal volume, social environment affect adolescent depression 05/25/2017 07:03 PM EDT Research on depression in adolescents in recent years has focused on how the physical brain and social experiences interact. A new University of California, Davis, study, however, shows that adolescents with large hippocampal volume were more, or less, susceptible to feelings of depression depending on how unsafe--or conversely--protected they felt in their home and community environments. Full story at https://www.ucdavis.edu/news/brain%E2%80%99s-hippocampal-volume-social-environment-affect-adolescent-depression Source University of California, Davis This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111