http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/29/60minutes/main2053537_page2.shtml
This kind of goes along with our readings and discussions on Broca and cortical localization. It's a CBS report on "Area 25", a spot in the brain where, if the proper surgery is conducted, clinical depression can be temporarily treated for those who have had very little luck with regular treatments. Patients of this surgery are said to have "treatment resistant depression". These are people who have tried anti-depressant medication and talk therapy but do not respond to them singularly or as combined treatments. When looking at fMRI scans, Area 25 seems to be overactive when a person is seriously depressed. Neurosurgeons use electric shock from a pacemaker to stimulate this area to "jolt" it back into proper functioning. Looks like we might have a depression faculty in our brains. Very interesting stuff.
Check out the video if you don't care to read the whole thing. Enjoy!
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