Antidepressants can do more than improve mood. This movie, a compilation of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, shows that specific areas of the brain, shown in red, are activated after depressed volunteers are on medications for several weeks. (Movie courtesy Terry Oakes, Lab for Affective Neuroscience, UW-Madison)

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