Changes in regional cerebral blood flow following light treatment for seasonal affective disorder: Responders versus nonresponders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1000-1005

  Vasile, Russell G ^a,b,c   Sachs, Gary ^a,c   Anderson, Janis L ^a,d   Lafer, Beny ^a,c   Matthews, Elizabeth ^a,b   Hill, Thomas ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral blood flow; light treatment; seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0030696035     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00155-8     Document Type: Article

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