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Dr. Cecilia Flores featured in Science News for Students

Published: 22 March 2021

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 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ in Montreal, Canada. Even more importantly, she adds, it’s true of links between brain regions.

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