Brain Characteristics Associated with Epilepsy and Depression/Anxiety

MedicineNeurosciencePsychology
Written By Mary Bates
Bromfield EB, Cavazos JE, Sirven JI, editors, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Bromfield EB, Cavazos JE, Sirven JI, editors, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that symptoms of depression and anxiety were related to diffuse reductions in brain structure and function in youth with intractable epilepsy.

Read the whole story at Pediatrics Nationwide: Brain Characteristics Associated with Epilepsy and Internalizing Disorders.

Mary Bates
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