Vanderbilt University Medical Center: Sex Counts In The Brain As Seasons Change
March 03, 2023
March 03, 2023
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 3 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news:
Photoperiod, or length of day, influences seasonal changes in disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, with these changes being more prevalent in females. Not incidentally, there are known sex differences in the brain's reward pathway, where release of dopamine into the nucleus accumbens (NAc) has been implicated in mood disorders.
In eNeuro, Alexis James . . .
Photoperiod, or length of day, influences seasonal changes in disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder, with these changes being more prevalent in females. Not incidentally, there are known sex differences in the brain's reward pathway, where release of dopamine into the nucleus accumbens (NAc) has been implicated in mood disorders.
In eNeuro, Alexis James . . .