Posted by Hugh on March 1, 2012, at 11:40:55
In almost every one of the 121 depressed patients studied by Leuchters team, there was a significantly increased synchronicity of rhythmic oscillations. That is, the same frequencies of rhythmic oscillations were emanating from different areas in the brain simultaneously, indicating that these brain structures were linked and working together like meshed gears.
Leuchters team found that these patterns of hyperconnectivity were startlingly prevalent among their depressed patients, compared with the nondepressed patients they used as a control group.
This study was done at UCLA. The whole article is at http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/02/21/depression-is-linked-to-hyper-connectivity-of-brain-regions-a-new-study-shows0.html
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