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  "id": 17359248,
  "title": "Chronic unpredictable stress induces negative cognitive bias in rats with sex-specific changes in neurogenesis and functional connectivity",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/chronic-unpredictable-stress-induces-negative-cognitive-bias-in-rats",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.29.762765v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Background: Females are more likely to be diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD) than males. Cognitive symptoms of MDD include negative cognitive bias, the perception of ambiguous situations as negative, which predicts MDD episode onset and severity. MDD is associated with changes to functional connectivity between regions involved in cognition, emotion, attention, and memory. Methods:…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}