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Mood-Regulating Protein Points to Gene Therapy for Depression

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Mood-Regulating Protein Points to Gene Therapy for Depression

image: Key brain regions: Both human and preclinical data support the involvement of these brain regions -- including the nucleus accumbens -- in depression and reward mechanisms. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Oct. 20, 2010, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Guang Chen of Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals Group in La Jolla, Calif., and colleagues, is titled, "p11 and Gene Therapy for Severe Psychiatric Disorders: A Practical Goal?" view more 

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