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Title: Brain Scans Could Become EKGs for Mental Disorders
Post by: riky on June 29, 2013, 09:00:29 AM
Brain Scans Could Become EKGs for Mental Disorders

If EKGs can detect potential problems in heart function, then doctors are asking why brain scans can’t be used in the same way, to identify disorders like depression, autism or schizophrenia.

Source: Brain Scans Could Become EKGs for Mental Disorders (http://news.yahoo.com/brain-scans-could-become-ekgs-mental-disorders-190034295.html)