Dr. Cecilia Flores featured in Science News for Students

Teen depression linked to how the brain processes rewards

,,, All of that happens in the brain of every teen. But add in depression and you have a recipe for long-term mental-health issues. That’s because depression appears to alter how brain connections form. That’s true within the prefrontal cortex, notes Cecilia Flores. She is a neuroscientist at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Even more importantly, she adds, it’s true of links between brain regions.

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