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PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH-NEUROIMAGING
Volume 146, Issue 2, Pages 179-184Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.007
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vagus nerve stimulation; affective disorder; positron emission tomography; regional blood flow
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Positron emission tomography (PET oxygen- 15 labeled water or PET [O-15]H2O) was used to identify changes in regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) in response to acute vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) in four subjects with treatment-resistant major depression (TRMD). Four 90-s PET [O-15]H2O scans were performed on each subject in an off-on sequence 2 VNS de-activated; 2 VNS activated). PET images were aligned, normalized for global uptake, and resampled to standard atlas space. Statistical t-images were used to evaluate change. VNS-induced increases in rCBF were found in the bilateral orbitofrontal cortex, bilateral anterior cingulate cortex, and fight superior and medial frontal cortex. Decreases were found in the bilateral temporal cortex and fight parietal area. Regions of change were consistent with brain structures associated with depression and the afferent pathways of the vagus nerve. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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