Abnormal reward valuation and event-related connectivity in unmedicated major depressive disorder.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings support the theory that abnormal neural reward valuation plays a central role in major depressive disorder (MDD). To the extent that emotion reflects valuation, abnormal valuation could explain abnormal emotional experience in MDD, reflect a core pathophysiological process and be a target of treatment. PMID: 31907081 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31907081?dopt=Abstract

Source: Psychological Medicine - January 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rupprechter S, Stankevicius A, Huys QJM, Series P, Steele JD Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research

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