Brain Circuit Causing Depression Identified in Rats

Brain circuits that cause the obstacle in feeling pleasure have been identified in rats. Such knowledge would likely to help researchers in this field for knowing the mechanism of depression and schizophrenia.

The main cause and symptom of several psychiatric disorders in human being such as depression and schizophrenia, which originate from the inability to feel pleasure called anhedonia. Very little is in the public knowledge about brain circuits or anhedonia, which thwarts any progress to get remedial therapies for the disorder.

Earlier, scientists of brain-imaging study presumed that anhedonia was attached to the portion of the brain called the medial prefrontal cortex, which is at the back the forehead. Studies mentioned that the brain portion could organize information about others and self.