Out of sync: Body clocks altered at cell level in depression
Monday, May 13, 2013 - 15:30
in Biology & Nature
Every cell in our bodies runs on a 24-hour clock, tuned to the night-day, light-dark cycles that have ruled us since the dawn of humanity. But new research shows that the clock may be broken in the brains of people with depression -- even at the level of the gene activity inside their brain cells.