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Anhedonia is the inability to experience pleasure from usually pleasurable situations, and it is a primary symptom of depression, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders (Sharma et al., 2004).
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- Treadway MT, Zald DH. Reconsidering anhedonia in depression: Lessons from translational neuroscience. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2011;35(3):537–555. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2010.06.006. View source
- Der-Avakian A, Markou A. The neurobiology of anhedonia and other reward-related deficits. Trends in Neurosciences. 2012;35(1):68–77. doi:10.1016/j.tins.2011.11.005. View source
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