Treatments modulating the neurotransmitter GABA and its main receptors in the brain could help address both the affective and cognitive symptoms associated with depression, such artist Vincent Van Gogh is suspected to have experienced, the authors of a new paper say. "Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate)," Vincent van Gogh, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - Depression is a complex condition correlated with multiple differences in brain function and mechanisms. A new paper spanning known data about the neurotransmitter GABA and its principal receptors showcases evidence of the receptors' importance in depression and potential as therapeutic targets.

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