Posted by Denise1904 on August 22, 2004, at 15:34:53
In reply to Any ideas what these MRI Scans are showing up?, posted by denise1904 on August 19, 2004, at 14:06:13
Something else, which might be of interest, not sure though if a less active anterior cingulate correlates with a severer form of depression.
April 19, 2004. Journey To The Center Of The Mind. By Joan O'C. Hamilton in Business Week magazine. "Functional" MRI is yielding a clearer picture of what thoughts look like. This article is available on their web site only to subscribers of the magazine. The benefits in psychiatric diagnosis and treatment for functional MRIs may be revolutionary. One study is imaging the brains of depressed patients taking Effexor. It has found that the drug works specifically on the anterior cingulate, a region of the brain involved in focused attention and conflict. Depressed patients whose anterior cingulates were more active before taking the drug responded better to it. The hope is that, in the future, doctors will be able to predict which patients will be the best candidates for antidepressants by looking at brain scans.
Denise
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