In this episode of Brain Bytes we meet with Aarthi Gobinath, PhD. She was curious about what depression looks like in the female brain and how postpartum depression manifests itself. She hopes her work can tackle the issue of researchers commonly using only male test subjects in their studies. Links: Voluntary running influences the efficacy of fluoxetine in a model of postpartum depression. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2… Follow Brain Bytes on Twitter! @UBCBrainBytes https://twitter.com/UBCBrainBytes Aarthi Gobinath on Twitter: @aarthigobinath https://twitter.com/aarthigobinath Michael Ruffolo on Twitter: @mike_ruffolo https://twitter.com/mike_ruffolo Brain Bytes is a science communication initiative by graduate students within the Neuroscience Program at the University of British Columbia, in collaboration with the Graduate School of Journalism.
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