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Depression and Long Term Memory. Claire Drago. Figure 1: http://www.somasin.com/14_SharedImages/memorylosschart.gif. Background. Memory Loss effects 65% of people over the age of 70. Long-Term Memory. Depression.
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Depression and Long Term Memory Claire Drago
Figure 1: http://www.somasin.com/14_SharedImages/memorylosschart.gif Background • Memory Loss effects 65% of people over the age of 70.
Depression Brain thinning in the left hemisphere is a cause of depression while thinning in the right is a warning sign (Price 2004).
Seratonin Depression can result from a shortage of the neurotransmitter serotonin. (Hall 1997.)
Literature Review • When training flies by olfactory training an increased number of sessions increases performance index. (Tully 1995).
Literature Review • Depression may be linked to thinning of the brain cortex (Peterson 2008).
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