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Scientists Look to Explain Why Women Are More Likely Than Men to Suffer From Anxiety and Depression

In experiments on mice, a team of researchers led by scholars at Fordham University in New York, found that chromatin, a microscopic cell component, changes its shape during the ovarian cycle — especially when females experience a drop in estrogen. Fluctuations in hormones that might be increasing women’s vulnerability to anxiety and depression.