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Depression brought to light

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Exposure to abnormal light–dark cycles causes depression-like behaviour and learning deficits in mice. The defects seem to occur independently of disturbances to sleep and other processes regulated by the biological clock. See Letter p.594

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion2 were published online on 14 November 2012.

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  1. Lisa M. Monteggia is in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9111, USA.,

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  2. Ege T. Kavalali is in the Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9111, USA.,

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Monteggia, L., Kavalali, E. Depression brought to light. Nature 491, 537–538 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11752

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