Finally, in a mouse model, lower hippocampal SLC6A15 expression was linked to the effects of chronic socialstress, a proven risk factor for depression.
A study of German college students suggests that urbanite brains are more susceptible to stress, particularly socialstress, than those of country dwellers.
The fMRI scans showed that volunteers who currently lived in a city exhibited greater activation in the amygdala than did rural denizens during socialstress.