What happens when the brain loses its ability to experience pleasure?
What happens when the brain loses its ability to experience pleasure?
At DGSOM, Dr. Austin Coley studies anhedonia: the inability to feel pleasure, a debilitating symptom of depression, schizophrenia, and other psychiatric disorders. By uncovering how stress and brain circuits alter our capacity for reward, his work could help pave the way for more precise treatments for mental illness.