Changes in medial prefrontal cortex neural responses parallel successful antidepressant combination of venlafaxine and light therapy

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Benedetti, F ^a,c   Radaelli, Daniele ^a,b,c   Bernasconi, A ^a,c   Dallaspezia, S ^a,c   Colombo, C ^a,c   Smeraldi, E ^a,c  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; fMRI; Light therapy; Venlafaxine

Indexed keywords

VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COGNITION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOHEXANOLS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 71949100801     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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