Depression that develops after brain injury may be distinct disease: study

Different connectivity patterns seen on MRI of patients with brain injury associated depression, US researchers report.
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Depression associated with brain injury has distinct connectivity patterns, that differ from traditional major depressive disorder, a study shows.

Noting that depression associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is believed to be clinically distinct from primary major depressive disorder, the authors characterised these distinctions through mapping brain network connectivity.