European journal of psychotraumatologyHumansMaleAdolescentFemaleMagnetic Resonance Imaging
Adolescents' ventral striatal reward neural activity moderates the association between lifetime trauma exposure and lower depression after 6 months.
Kristen L Eckstrand, Alex Talbot, Viraj Govani, Katherine Hart, Zachary Brodnick, Neal Ryan, Neil Jones, Mary L Phillips, Erika E Forbes
Published: 202610.1080/20008066.2025.2611512
Abstract
Background: Lifetime trauma exposure is associated with higher-severity depression and anhedonia. Neural reward regions develop in adolescence and influence depression and anhedonia. Reward regions may enhance the impact of trauma exposure on depress…
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