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Inside the brain of someone suffering with depression
Stephen went to the Univeristy of Manchester to meet Prof Ian Anderson who is carrying out a study on people with depression. With the help of brain imaging, his research has found that in the hippocampus area of the brain, there is 25% less grey matter in people suffering with depression than those who don't.