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Two false-colored positron emission tomography (PET) scans of human brains. At the top is the brain of a healthy person, and below that is the brain of a depressed person. (NIH/Science Source, National Audubon Society Collection/ Photo Researchers, Inc. Reproduced by permission.) See color insert for color version.

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