Poverty Linked to Childhood Depression

Photo: Deanna Barch

• Washington University St. Louis researchers linked growing up poor with altered brain connectivity
• Study used brain scans of 105 children aged 7 to 12 
• Hippocampus and Amygdala connected differently between kids raised in poor and stable settings
• Hippocampus, is central to learning, memory and stress regulation
• Amygdala is connected to stress and emotion
• Study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry

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