3/6/2008 - UIC Researchers May Have Found Test for Depression
A new discovery could change future diagnosis and therapy of depression. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered that a change in the location of a protein in the brain could serve as a biomarker for depression, allowing a simple, rapid, laboratory test to identify patients with depression and to determine whether a particular antidepressant therapy will provide a successful response. More...