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Health & WellnessJuly 10, 2026

Right Insula-Putamen Brain Network Linked to Somatic Symptoms

TL;DR: A 2026 study published in BMC Medicine used lesion network mapping to identify a somatic-symptom brain network centered on the right insula and putamen, then linked atrophy inside that network to somatic symptom severity across 399 psychiatric patients.…

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DepressionMay 16, 2026

Post-Stroke Depression Linked to Serotonin and Acetylcholine Network Damage

TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint linked post-stroke depressive symptoms to stroke damage in serotonin-transporter and acetylcholine-transporter weighted brain networks, suggesting depression risk after stroke may depend partly on which neurochemical circuits a l…

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Right Insula-Putamen Brain Network Linked to Somatic Symptoms

Post-Stroke Depression Linked to Serotonin and Acetylcholine Network Damage

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